[Property market collapse, stock market turmoil, difficulty finding work, shrinking wages, an aging population and falling birth rate, rigid social classes, family breakdown... What can ordinary people do in an era of economic decline? This book matters to everyone!]
House prices plunge and people are left with nowhere to turn. How did real estate become Japan's nightmare?
How did Japan go from a manufacturing powerhouse to a failed export-driven nation, left behind by the times?
How did the vast middle class gradually disintegrate and become the new poor?
With wealth, age, and social class all becoming entrenched, how can young people cope with the risks of their era?
From the collapse of the bubble to a low-desire society, how have ordinary people tried to save themselves?
Through a panoramic look at the Japanese economy, this book analyzes how Japan went from the "Lost Decade" to the "Lost Two Decades," and ultimately to the "Lost Thirty Years." It sounds a warning for China today: are we doomed to repeat the same mistakes? How can ordinary people like you and me respond and save ourselves? Japan's experience may offer us ideas and answers.
