Message from ashapiro

[Anonymous]

I do not believe that all historians would consider the Tokugawa period in Japan to be the origin of Japan like Professor Notehelfer stated – but this premise is very interesting. The situation that was arising during this period where there was a surplus of cash crops would not be considered a pure capitalist system but it seems to be the beginning of a free market type of system. What was going on economically in China, Korea at this same time?

Towards the end of Professor Notehelfer’s session he started talking about Japan's economy. He was talking about how WWII did not completely transform the Japanese economy, rather the position of the 1930s economy is linked to post-war Japan. I would like to study more about how Japan’s 1930s economy affected the post-war economy.