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Category Archives: Manufacturing
The Japanese Electronics Industry: A Rebuttal
A message for Richard Katz and other Japan declinists: Look at the big picture. Probably no commentator has been more outspoken in proclaiming the demise of the Japanese economic model than Richard Katz, author of The System that Soured. While many … Continue reading
Posted in American decline, History, Japan, Manufacturing, Trade
Tagged bremner, electronics industry, richard katz, rick katz, rings of fire
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Japan’s Trade Figures: Some Perspective
As usual the American press missed the real story. The American press has made much of news that Japan last year recorded a deficit of $32 billion on its visible trade. Supposedly this is the beginning of the end for … Continue reading
Posted in Global economy, Japan, Manufacturing, Trade
Tagged current account, dvorak, visible trade, wall street journal
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A Reply to Paul Krugman
It is past time Paul Krugman visited “basket case” Japan. I have been under the weather these last few days, hence my delay in replying to Paul Krugman’s critique of my recent article on Japan’s lost decades. He writes: “Fingleton … Continue reading
Appearance on the BBC’s Newsnight Program
The BBC has followed up my recent article in the New York Times. Last Thursday Gillian Tett, a top editor at the Financial Times, joined me for a discussion of the Japanese economy with Emily Maitlis on the BBC’s Newsnight … Continue reading
Japan’s “Lost Decades”: The Sophistry Continues
My article in today’s New York Times Sunday Review has been generating heat as well as light. An article I have written on Japan for the January 8 New York Times Sunday Review went live at the nytimes.com website yesterday … Continue reading
Posted in American decline, Japan, Manufacturing, Trade
Tagged apple iphone, grabow, japan, mobile phones, nytimes, sunday review, togetrichisglorious
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The Fingleton Invitation: Progress Report
People have asked me what happened to the Fingleton Invitation. The answer is nothing. Some months ago I invited Ed Lincoln, a former Tokyo-based economic adviser to the U.S. government, to join me for a public discussion of the Japanese … Continue reading
Posted in American decline, Japan, Manufacturing, Trade
Tagged debate, edward j lincoln, japanese economy, lost decades
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Dollars and Dragons
I have just published the article below in the American Conservative. TOKYO—In the mid 1990s, I published a book entitled Blindside: Why Japan Is Still on Track to Overtake the U.S. By the Year 2000. The prediction in the subtitle … Continue reading
Posted in American decline, Japan, Manufacturing, Trade
Tagged 787, blindside, boeing, dollar, freedomfest, mark skousen, mitsubishi, soros, tac, toray
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My $10,000 charity offer: an appearance on Thom Hartmann’s show
I am still awaiting news from Ed Lincoln on whether he will join me for a debate. In the meantime my offer has not gone unnoticed elsewhere. I created quite a splash with my offer last month to pay $10,000 … Continue reading
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An invitation, some surprising facts, and two elusive experts
For thirteen years now I have been trying to organize a public debate on what really happened to the Japanese economy. The effort continues. The facts below have convinced at least one top American economic thinker that a debate is … Continue reading
Posted in American decline, Global economy, Japan, Manufacturing, Press, Trade
Tagged debate, edward j lincoln, japan, lost decades, robert alan feldman
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