Documentary on Japanese crisis of the 1990s is an eye opener

https://youtu.be/p5Ac7ap_MAY?si=i1K7FYkLgXN9UXQA

Princes of the yen is about how the central bank of Japan caused a financial bunnle so they could tank the Japanese economy till changes in the economic structure could be implemented. Thousands of businesses went bankrupt and people were committing suicide in droves and it was all done on purpose by the central bank of Japan. Its horrifying It is a brilliant book written by an investment analyst from Germany who worked at the Tokyo branch while this was unfolding. I learned more about real economics watching this video than from any other source I can think of.