Saving The Sun
A Wall Street Gamble to Rescue Japan from Its Trillian-Dollar Meltdown
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
1 November 2004
Summary
‘A classic tale of East meets West, a subject Tett makes as intriguing in business as it is in war or romance.’ - International Herald Tribune
For more than a decade, Japan’s dismal economy - which has bounced from deflationary collapse to fitful recovery and back to collapse - has been the biggest obstacle to economic growth. Why has the world’s second largest economy been unable to save itself? Why has a country, whose financial might in the 1980s was the most feared force on the gl…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781844136124 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1844136124 |
| Author: | Gillian Tett |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Pimlico |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 1 November 2004 |
| Weight: | 267g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 24mm |
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Critics Review
”‘Smart and engaging…it’s a riveting tale with important insights into Japan’s culture and its sclerotic system.’ Business Week; ‘Saving the Sun is not simply about the fate of one Japanese bank. It is about the clash of two visions of finance…and how hard it is to reconcile them.’ The Wall Street Journal Europe”
About The Author
Gillian Tett
Gillian Tett was trained as a social anthropologist but became a journalist while doing fieldwork in Soviet Central Asia during the communist period in Russia. Since that time she has risen through the ranks of the Financial Times, holding positions on its economics desk before becoming the bureau chief in Japan. She now lives in London.
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