1. They focus their energy from the wrong things and concentrated it in the right direction, for instance they put a higher percentage of their GDP on science and technology
2. Through the western influence, America to be precised, helped to reform its land use policies and technology, because the Japanese opened up themselves to the western world.
3. they also modernized their commercial banking and service industry and sent its citizens to be educated overseas and brought in expert from overseas to train its citizens.
MacArthur helped shape the postwar economy of Japan. The Japanese even named their constitution the MacArthur Constitution. He helped lead Japan into a democratic government and helped restabilize the economy.
Takafusa Nakamura has written: 'Japanese economic development from 1945 to the present' 'Lectures on modern Japanese economic history, 1926-1994' 'The postwar Japanese economy'
They democratized and rebuilt their economy with breathtaking speed. Japan's rapid postwar recovery from the ashes of total defeat lead them to become the third most powerful economy in the world (after the US and China).
Canada, a NATO country, had a free-market economy. Poland, a member of the Warsaw Pact, had a command economy.
the rapid growth of the manufacturing sector
Disagreement between the United States and the soviet Union about postwar Europe helped start Cold war. Match each statement about the postwar to correct country. United states soviet union - wanted to limit German to have a strong economy.
Postwar problems of the republic
Although the Japanese economy was severely damaged and dislocated by the bombing/blockade during WW2, important foundations were laid for postwar growth. The heavy industry sector expanded at the expense of light industry, inflation destroyed the fortunes of the zaibatsu magnates and helped create an equitable society and the industries and engineers that had made machine guns, aeroplanes and optical sights during the war converted to the production of sewing machines, motor vehicles and cameras after the conflict, fueling postwar economic growth.
Peter Burnham has written: 'Remaking the Postwar World Economy'
the united states was unsure of the requirementd of its new status.
The Marshall Plan to allow the booming American economy to help devastated Europe
Answer this question… Truman Doctrine.