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What Eating the Rich Did For Japan

Asianometry · explainer · Watch on YouTube

World historyMacroeconomics & financial crisesLabor, work & inequality

What it is

Asianometry traces how the Japanese zaibatsu families grew into vast industrial combines and how postwar reforms abruptly broke up their wealth and control.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended as a look at how Japan's monopolies were dismantled and how that shaped later industry.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2023, last 2026

What HN commenters said

  1. “Love his "What [course of action] did for [country]" videos.”

    Asianometry video on Japan's postwar wealth redistribution

    routerl, 2023-08 · Recommendation · in “YKK: Japan’s Zipper King [video]”

  2. “here’s a look at Japan’s monopolies, how they were broken up, and partly how that effected the future of their industry”

    How Japan's monopolies were broken up and affected industry

    tyre, 2026-05 · Recommendation · in “Why Japanese companies do so many different things”

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Topics: zaibatsu, japan economic history, monopolies, wealth inequality, postwar reform

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