... keiretsu looked a lot like the German banking groups like Deutsche or Dresdner, the difference was that the government exercised far greater control over them than in Germany. A typical Japanese group includes a big bank, several industrial firms and a general trading company. During expanding business conditions the bank provides capital to the members and during contracting business conditions the ... of technology investments were increased. Central and local governments were committed to build infrastructure for industry like ports, electric power grids, highways etc. Another import...

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... felt governments should actively mobilize capital for industrial investment. In some cases capital was then provided cheaply to industrialists to start private sector growth. In fundamental industries, like power generation, cement or steel production, governments invested in state-owned plants. Finally, there needed to be wide-scale changes in culture and populations needed to become less conservative and more ... The solution to the debt crisis was for governments to spend less, sell off assets that would be better run by the private sector (often including pubic utilities like power ...

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