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100 1 _aHARTCHER Peter
245 0 _aThe ministry:
_bhow Japan's most powerful institution endangers world markets
260 _aBoston:
_bHarvard Business School Press,
_c1998
300 _a310p.
520 3 _aThe first account in English of Japan's Ministry of Finance, the Okurasho, which is the most powerful and least scrutinized ministry in Japan. Documents how the Ministry is acting increasingly from self-interest and poses a threat to both world financial markets and economic growth.
650 _aECONOMIC POLICY
650 _aJAPAN
650 _aPUBLIC FINANCE
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