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The truth of Japan’s “slump”: An invitation to a debate
For years I have held that Japan’s “slump” is a media myth. I have twice in the past extended an invitation to the principal proponents of the slump story to join me in a live one-on-one debate. I have had … Continue reading
Posted in Global economy, History, Japan, Press, Trade, Uncategorized
Tagged alexander kinmont, american decline, arthritic japan, bill emmott, can japan compete?, current account, debate, edward lincoln, gillian tett, japanese slump, kenneth courtis, lost decades, manufacturing, michael e porter, myth, paul krugman, peter tasker, richard katz, robert alan friedman
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A heated banker and a hurt professor
Now that the American economy has been revealed to everyone (not just to readers of my books) as a house of cards, I thought it might be safe to suggest that things in 1990s Japan weren’t all that bad. Two … Continue reading
Posted in American decline, Global economy, Japan, Manufacturing, Press, Trade
Tagged alexander kinmont, bill emmott, dan thomas, danforth thomas, dead fukuzawa society, debate, gillian tett, gregory clark, jesper koll, kenneth courtis, michael porter, minoru makihara, peter hartcher, peter tasker, richard katz, robert feldman, tiananmen massacre
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