Part 1:Nails that Stick Out / Nails that are Hammered In: Delving into the Japanese Economy  1. Introduction: History, Culture and the Price of Bananas - How to Study a Specific Economy  2. Transforming Bushido: The Making of the Modern Japanese State  3. From Here to Paternity: An Overview of the Japanese Economy Part 2: The Building Blocks of the Japanese Economy: Business, Labor, and Banking  4. Crumbling Corporate Homelands: The Mystery of Japanese Firms  5. The Sinking of the Salariman: Mixed Pleasures from Laboring under an Illusion  6. Banking Your Dreams: The Death of Financial Wizards Part 3: A Particularly Japanese Ball of Wax: A Bird's Eye View of the Economy  7. Engineering a Future: Fiscal and Industrial Policy  8. Monetary Madness: The Mystery of the Bank of Japan  9. Japan Uber Alles: Trade as War by Other Means  10. All Fall Down: Ignoring the Lessons of Japan