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Finance is too important to be left to Wall Street’s self-interest

Sandcastle Empire Posted on October 20, 2008 by Eamonn FingletonNovember 19, 2010

Getting the American economy back on solid ground will require new financial regulations. Goldman Sachs alums aren’t the people for the job. [As published in the American Conservative on October 20, 2008.] As bewildered Americans survey the wreckage of their … Continue reading →

Posted in American decline, Global economy, Service economy | Tagged bail-out, bailout, blankfein, dean baker, donna edwards, eliot spitzer, fdic, glass-steagall, gretchen morgenson, john kay, john shadegg, marcy kaptur, neel kashkari, pat choate, paul craig roberts, paulson, peter defazio, predatory lending, tsinghua, wall street, william isaac, zero-accountability

The Clark-Fingleton discussion

Sandcastle Empire Posted on September 21, 2008 by Eamonn FingletonNovember 19, 2010

Below, set out in chronological order, is a series of three exchanges between  Professor Gregory Clark and me concerning, among other things, the problems for foreign correspondents in reporting the truth from Japan. Clark, a Japan-based educator and columnist for … Continue reading →

Posted in American decline, Global economy, History, Japan, Press, Sino-Japanese relations | Tagged catherine makino, chatham house, courtis, feldman, gillian tett, gregory clark, hallett abend, jesper koll, kinmont, koki hirota, malcolm kennedy, peter o'connor, Sino-Japanese relations, taid o'conroy, takeo tamiya, tasker, vidkun quisling

Dangerous Business: A devastating account of the downside of globalism

Sandcastle Empire Posted on September 16, 2008 by Eamonn FingletonNovember 20, 2010

Pat Choate has written the ultimate riposte to the radical globalists who dominate policy-making in Washington. [This review first appeared in the September 15, 2008 issue of Manufacturing & Technology News.] Americans of a certain age know that something is … Continue reading →

Posted in Book reviews, Global economy, Trade | Tagged bagdikian, dangerous business, executive order 13184, k street, manufacturing news, pat choate, pat choate, robert lighthizer, ross perot, trans-pacific chicken, trojan horse, viruses

Japan then, America now: A misleading comparison

Sandcastle Empire Posted on September 2, 2008 by Eamonn FingletonNovember 19, 2010

America’s economic crisis today is not like Japan’s in the 1990s. It is far worse. (This article was first published in the Number 1 Shimbun, the magazine of the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan.) American commentators have been rushing to … Continue reading →

Posted in American decline, Global economy, Japan, Manufacturing, Press, Trade | Tagged "bad news" public relations, 787, basket case, can japan compete?, carbon fiber, crash, euromoney, fccj, karen elliott house, mitsubishi, nidec, ohga, okuda, osaka, ottoman, paul krugman, skyscrapers, suzy menkes, titanium, toyota, toyota lexus, wings

The decline of the American empire: An expert witness’s account

Sandcastle Empire Posted on July 17, 2008 by Eamonn FingletonNovember 20, 2010

Senator Ernest F. Hollings’s recently published autobiography, Making Government Work, is wise, well-written, and consistently absorbing. Rarely has Senator Fritz Hollings used his renowned wit to more devastating effect than when he was interviewed in 1990 on the ABC program, … Continue reading →

Posted in American decline, Book reviews, Global economy, History | Tagged abc, bob kennedy, buckley v. valeo, ernest f. hollings, gramm, hairpiece, rudman, sam donaldson

Nanking: A sequel to a sequel to a sequel

Sandcastle Empire Posted on April 3, 2008 by Eamonn FingletonNovember 20, 2010

News travels slowly where corrections to the New York Times‘s international edition are concerned. See below a correction that appeared in the print edition of the International Herald Tribune, the New York Times‘s international edition,  on March 17, 2008. The correction also appeared … Continue reading →

Posted in Global economy, Press, Sino-Japanese relations, Trade | Tagged Sino-Japanese relations

中文 [For Chinese Speakers] 冯艾盟先生简介。。。馮艾盟先生簡介

Sandcastle Empire Posted on March 30, 2008 by Eamonn FingletonMarch 30, 2011

冯艾盟先生简介。。。馮艾盟先生簡介 冯艾盟先生简介 曾担任福布斯(Forbes)杂志及英国金融时报编辑的冯艾盟先生,与亚洲经济结缘于1986年。当时,冯艾盟先生随同一支美国高层金融代表团访问中国,并拜会中国领导人邓小平;之后,即开始他对东亚经济长期深入的关注。1987年,冯艾盟先生大胆预言日本泡沫经济的破灭。1995年,在其颇具争议性的《偷袭(Blindside)》一书中,他直指美国将在不留意的当口,对日本加速失去其在高端制造业方面自以为傲的优势。美国当代著名经济学家加尔布雷思(J.K. Galbraith)及美国前总统克林顿(Bill Clinton)皆对该书赞誉有加。 冯艾盟先生在其1999年所著──《硬产业万岁!为何是制造业、而非信息经济产业,是导向未来繁荣的关键》一书中,更预期美国互联网企业于2000年进入发展的泡沬时代。而目前,当位于华盛顿的决策者及智库人士普遍认为,不论在经济、政治的形式或心态上,中国都将逐渐向西方价值靠拢时,冯艾盟先生则于其2008年新书中──《龙威:在未来中国霸权下美国的命运》,对上述这些传统看法发出战帖。冯艾盟先生的著书曾分别入选美国商业周刊、亚马逊网络书店年度十大商业书籍,同时获美国参议院引述并纳入官方记录。 馮艾盟先生簡介 曾擔任富比士(Forbes)雜誌及英國金融時報編輯的馮艾盟先生,與亞洲經濟結緣於1986年。當時,馮艾盟先生隨同一支美國高層金融代表團訪問中國,並拜會中國領導人鄧小平;之後,即開始他對東亞經濟長期深入的關注。1987年,馮艾盟先生大膽預言日本泡沫經濟的破滅。1995年,在其頗具爭議性的《偷襲(Blindside)》一書中,他直指美國將在不留意的當口,對日本加速失去其在高端製造業方面自以為傲的優勢。美國當代著名經濟學家加爾布雷思(J.K. Galbraith)及美國前總統柯林頓(Bill Clinton)皆對該書讚譽有加。 馮艾盟先生在其1999年所著──《硬產業萬歲!為何是製造業、而非資訊經濟產業,是導向未來繁榮的關鍵》一書中,更預期美國網際網路企業於2000年進入發展的泡沬時代。而目前,當位於華盛頓的決策者及智庫人士普遍認為,不論在經濟、政治的形式或心態上,中國都將逐漸向西方價值靠攏時,馮艾盟先生則于其2008年新書中──《龍威:在未來中國霸權下美國的命運》,對上述這些傳統看法發出戰帖。馮艾盟先生的著書曾分別入選美國商業週刊、亞馬遜網路書店年度十大商業書籍,同時獲美國參議院引述並納入官方記錄。

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エーモン・フィングルトン略歴

Sandcastle Empire Posted on March 30, 2008 by Eamonn FingletonMarch 30, 2011

フォーブス、ファイナンシャルタイムズの元編集者。1986年に中国の最高指導者、鄧小平に米国の金融関係代表団の一員として会見して以来東アジアの経済を注視してきた。翌年1987年には東京の金融危機を予告し、さらに1995年にはその著書「見えない繁栄システム」で米国はハイテク製造業分野で過去のリーダーシップを日本にかなりのスピードで失いつつあるという議論の的となる分析をおこない、J.K.ガルブレイス、ビル・クリントンに賞賛された。 1999年に出版された「製造業が国を救う」では2000年の米国におけるインターネット関連株の暴落を予告した。2008年出版の「ドラゴンの喉元へ—来るべき中国覇権時代のアメリカの運命」では中国は西側の経済、政治形態に近づきつつあるというワシントンの政策立案者やシンクタンクのアナリストに見られる従来の考え方に強い反論を展開している。 彼の著書はビジネスウイークやAmazon.comなどでその年のビジネス分野のベスト10に選ばれ、また米国上院の議事録にも記載されている。

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Fingleton vs. China: The empire strikes back

Sandcastle Empire Posted on March 2, 2008 by Eamonn FingletonNovember 23, 2010

East Asian officials don’t take it lying down when a foreign correspondent investigates their guilty secrets. Below is an article I wrote for the International Herald Tribune‘s editorial page on the seventieth anniversary of the Nanking Massacre. The article noted … Continue reading →

Posted in China, Japan, Press, Sino-Japanese relations, Trade | Tagged c.w. young, cia, compensation, iht, kwok-yin chan, nanjing, nanking massacre, nexis, school textbooks, Sino-Japanese relations, tienanmen, wto

Jaws: A note for books editors and reviewers

Sandcastle Empire Posted on February 29, 2008 by Eamonn FingletonNovember 20, 2010

Broken links at Amazon are damaging my new book’s prospects. [EF note as of 2010: The relevant links were subsequently established but only after the launch period of my new book had passed.] The prescience of my previous book In Praise … Continue reading →

Posted in American decline, Book reviews, China, Global economy, Manufacturing, Sino-Japanese relations | Tagged amazon, catalog, clifford stoll, in praise of hard industries, in the jaws of the dragon, links, omission, Sino-Japanese relations, tim berners-lee

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