Too Much Stuff: Capitalism in Crisis by Kozo Yamamura - 2017

Policy Press, 2017. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. Author Kozo Yamamura is former professor of Asian studies and economics at the University of Washington-Seattle. In this work, he writes in accessible terms for a broad audience of general readers, students, researchers, and policymakers. He explains the reasons why the capitalist economies of developed countries are stagnating and increasing in income inequality, and wonders why previous efforts to reduce taxes and stimulate investment have not been successful in advanced economies. He asks whether capitalism has become incompatible with democracy, whether capitalism's ailments can be cured, or whether capitalism should be replaced by another economic system. Country chapters focus on the US, Japan, and Germany, the three largest economies of the world. There is also a chapter looking at four other European economies: France, the UK, Italy, and Spain. Distributed in North America by University of Chicago Press. (2017 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR)