Princes of the Yen
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Princes of the Yen
| Full title | Princes of the Yen: Japan's Central Bankers and the Transformation of the Economy |
|---|---|
| Author | Richard A. Werner |
| Published | 2003 |
| Pages | 341 |
| Recommended | 2 times |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Werner’s account of the Bank of Japan’s credit-allocation (“window guidance”) regime, the 1980s bubble it inflated and the lost decade that followed — a contested but unusually mechanical account of how credit creation, rather than interest rates, drives an economy. |
Where I heard about it
- A reply to @WillManidis — named in answer to his question “what is the single best book you can read that will explain an entire industry?” in a thread on X, June 2025. The full recovered list lives on what is the single best book… (tweet).
- On Patrick Collison’s Bookshelf — Patrick Collison’s catalog of the physical books he owns (unflagged). Saved in Kyle’s April 19th, 2020 Roam daily note.
Connections
- what is the single best book… (tweet) — the thread this came out of; the full recovered list lives there.
- Markets — the bubble and its unwinding are the case study.
What links here
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