The development of the economy was not gradual. Almost every ten years there
was a need for significant changes. Thus, in 1959-1960, the task of modernising the
economy was set, for the implementation of which, on the initiative of Prime Minister
Ikeda, a "Doubling Income Plan" was developed. It foresaw an even greater
intensification of foreign trade ties, which stimulated the development of a heavy and
chemical industry. The implementation of plans to increase the viability of the real
population by 1970 required a corresponding change in the export and production of
steel. It was necessary to increase exports from 3,4 billion dollars to 10 billion dollars,
and steel production from 18 to 50 million tons. Real achievements far outweighed the
essential tasks. Exports reached $ 20 billion in 1970, and steel production reached 92
million tons. These successes have led to the recognition of all the states of Japan as a
modern economically developed state.
Japan has always been instrumental in changing economic and sectoral policies
to address the challenges of the Japanese economy. For example, the lack of energy
resources caused the need for oil imports. But the oil crisis and the sharp rise in prices
forced it to take regulatory measures. Instead of raising rates - limiting volumes of
energy-intensive products, restructuring the economy. The central place in it now
occupies is not heavy and the chemical industry, but instrument making, automobile
production, the information industry is rapidly developing.
The phenomenon of the success of the Japanese economy is the ability to adapt to
abrupt changes in the external environment, use the chances that appear.
For half a century, Japan has created an economy that belongs to the world's best
regarding wages, the level of labour resources with modern equipment, and the
effectiveness of its use.
The system of long-term development plans remains effective in the new
millennium, manages the processes of developing and implementing the programs of
the Office of Economic Planning, the state actively influences various aspects of
economic life by economic means.
Particular attention deserves the experience of combining the efforts of the
authorities and business in planning and regulating economic development. Among the
non-governmental entrepreneurial structures that actively cooperate with state
institutions in the implementation of state-corporate programming and regulation,
"Keidanren" is a major headquarters of gross Japanese capital [10, p. 422].
Among the European countries, Sweden occupies a special place, which attracted
the attention of the world community in the last century, due to the formation of a
mixed economy and the election in the conditions of the existence and confrontation
of two systems of its own way, which organically combines the benefits of unbridled
capitalism and the regulated economy. Ensuring rapid economic growth allowed to
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