Current Issues of the Japanese Economy

Schedule and Readings

Ryoichi Imai

International Student Center, Kyushu University

2004/06/23

Schedule and Readings

4/7: Introduction

4/14: Reading recent articles (newspapers and journals) on Japanese Economy 1.

4/21: Reading recent articles (newspapers and journals) on Japanese Economy 2.

4/28: Students' Presentation 1, Homework 1 due.

Robert Gordon: Does the "New Economy" Measure Up to the Great Inventions of the Past ? (26 pages)

Kichun and Katherine

5/12: Review of Homework 1

5/19: Students' Presentation 2, Homework 2 due.

Paul Krugman:  A Short Course in Miracles: Asia before the Crisis (17 pages)

Anthony and Scott

5/26: Review of Homework 2

6/2: Students' Presentation, 3 Homework 3 due.

Hoshi and Kashyap, Benefits and Costs of Keiretsu Financing (25 pages)

Teresa and Christian

6/9: Review of Homework 3

6/16: Students' Presentation 4, Homework 4 due.

Morishima, Ch. 4: The Japanese Financial System: Its Solidarity and Vulnerability (51 pages)

Jo, Hera, and Yun Young

6/23: Japanese TV show: "Asia Currency Crises"

6/30: Students' Presentation 5,

Morishima, Ch. 5: Japanese Enterprise as Private Sector Bureaucracy (18 pages)

Two Japanese Guys

7/7:  Review of Homework 4. Homework 5 due

7/14: Review of Homework 5.

7/21:  No Final Examination. Your grade is to be determined on the basis of your presentation and homeworks.