What Eating the Rich Did For Japan

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Asianometry's economic-history deep dives are well researched and plainly narrated; a substantive look at a policy episode rarely covered.

What you'll learn

How post-war Japan's land reform, wealth taxes and the break-up of the zaibatsu redistributed wealth, and what effect that had on its growth.

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Part of Asian Social Issues, Japan Video Essays, Video Essays

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