Based on extensive research on both sides of the Pacific, Yen! reveals the behind-the-scenes story of Japan's recent emergence as banker of the world and analyzes the troubling implications for...
Feeding a Yen is a delightful reminder of why New York magazine called Calvin Trillin “our funniest food writer.”
A provocative financial history of the last fifteen years explains how the U.S. has gone from the world's largest creditor to its largest debtor, examining the terrible costs--both economically and politically--of borrowing money from the ...
The yen is an important barometer for the Japanese economy.
"Argues that three conditions need to be fulfilled before the yen can become a major international currency ... Focuses on the importance of market principles ..." -- Abstract.
Rinka Kazuki sings enka, traditional Japanese ballads, in sleazy dives where she makes most of her money from tips. Sometimes a big spender will slip her a 10,000-yen note, but...
Critical biography of Chiang Yen, a poet and cifu writer in the Southern Dynasty of China.
The role of the yen in the International financial system is reconsidered from a comparative (historical) approach.
The violent fluctuations of the Japanese yen through the 1980s and 1990s have played a critical role in Japan's economic decline.
In this important new book, C.H. Kwan asks whether the Japanese yen can, or will, replace the dollar as the key currency in East Asia.