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	<description>Eamonn Fingleton&#039;s commentaries on the politics and economics of American decline</description>
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		<title>Now blogging at Forbes</title>
		<link>http://www.fingleton.net/now-blogging-at-forbes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 17:57:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eamonn Fingleton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am now blogging at Forbes &#8211; you can find my most recent articles here. The RSS Feed for my Forbes blog is here.]]></description>
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		<title>The myth of Japan&#8217;s &#8220;lost decades&#8221;: An invitation to Ambassador John Roos</title>
		<link>http://www.fingleton.net/the-myth-of-japans-lost-decades-an-invitation-to-ambassador-john-roos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 05:14:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eamonn Fingleton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why do Americans keep misunderstanding Japan? Much of the blame must be placed at the door of the State Department. And that is why last week I extended an unusual offer  to  the current U.S. ambassador to Tokyo. As part &#8230; <a href="http://www.fingleton.net/the-myth-of-japans-lost-decades-an-invitation-to-ambassador-john-roos/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Japanese Electronics Industry: A Rebuttal</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 10:35:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eamonn Fingleton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[American decline]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8230; <a href="http://www.fingleton.net/the-japanese-electronics-industry-a-rebuttal/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Japan&#8217;s Trade Figures: Some Perspective</title>
		<link>http://www.fingleton.net/japans-trade-figures-some-perspective/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:26:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eamonn Fingleton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global economy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8230; <a href="http://www.fingleton.net/japans-trade-figures-some-perspective/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Reply to Paul Krugman</title>
		<link>http://www.fingleton.net/a-reply-to-paul-krugman-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:46:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eamonn Fingleton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[American decline]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is past time Paul Krugman visited &#8220;basket case&#8221; Japan. I have been under the weather these last few days, hence my delay in replying to Paul Krugman&#8217;s critique of my recent article on Japan’s lost decades. He writes: &#8220;Fingleton &#8230; <a href="http://www.fingleton.net/a-reply-to-paul-krugman-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Appearance on the BBC&#8217;s Newsnight Program</title>
		<link>http://www.fingleton.net/appearance-on-the-bbcs-newsnight/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fingleton.net/appearance-on-the-bbcs-newsnight/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 07:46:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s Newsnight &#8230; <a href="http://www.fingleton.net/appearance-on-the-bbcs-newsnight/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Coming Soon: A Reply to Paul Krugman</title>
		<link>http://www.fingleton.net/a-reply-to-paul-krugman/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:18:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eamonn Fingleton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[American decline]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[paul krugman, matt yglesias, new york times, lost decades <a href="http://www.fingleton.net/a-reply-to-paul-krugman/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Japan&#8217;s &#8220;Lost Decades&#8221;: The Sophistry Continues</title>
		<link>http://www.fingleton.net/japans-lost-decades-the-sophistry-continues/</link>
		<comments>http://www.fingleton.net/japans-lost-decades-the-sophistry-continues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 00:36:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eamonn Fingleton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My article in today&#8217;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 &#8230; <a href="http://www.fingleton.net/japans-lost-decades-the-sophistry-continues/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Fingleton Invitation: Progress Report</title>
		<link>http://www.fingleton.net/the-fingleton-invitation-progress-report/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 12:14:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eamonn Fingleton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[American decline]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8230; <a href="http://www.fingleton.net/the-fingleton-invitation-progress-report/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>An Open Letter to Professor Edward J. Lincoln</title>
		<link>http://www.fingleton.net/an-open-letter-to-professor-edward-j-lincoln/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Sep 2011 22:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eamonn Fingleton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The letter below, to the Clinton administration&#8217;s chief Japan economist, is self-explanatory. Dear Ed: Having heard nothing from you over the summer despite several private attempts to make contact, I must now press publicly for an answer. As you know, &#8230; <a href="http://www.fingleton.net/an-open-letter-to-professor-edward-j-lincoln/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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