Crashes and Crises: Lessons from a History of Financial Disasters Episode 14, Japan's Lost Decade Episode 14, Japan's Lost Decade.

Streaming video - 2018

In the 1980s, the Japanese economy seemed unstoppable. Then, it came to a screeching halt, miring the nation in more than two decades of economic stagnation. What went wrong? Analyze Japan's postwar brand of capitalism, focusing on how its regulatory, political, and banking systems created a "bubble economy" - until the global economy and regulatory climate abruptly changed and the bubble burst.