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The long arm of Japanese industrial policy: Northern Ireland’s experience

Sandcastle Empire Posted on October 14, 2020 by Eamonn FingletonOctober 25, 2020

In Dublin, Ireland, where I have lived in recent years, many observers view East Asian economics as a remote issue of little interest in Western Europe. As I discovered the other day, it is an attitude shared even by some … Continue reading →

Posted in Japan, Manufacturing, Press, Trade

On VJ Day, a hard look at an atom bomb apologist

Sandcastle Empire Posted on August 15, 2020 by Eamonn FingletonAugust 17, 2020

By Eamonn Fingleton If you Google “Laurens van der Post” and “Hiroshima”, you’ll turn up hundreds of thousands of results. This confirms something that some observers have known for years: that though the South African-born author Laurens van der Post … Continue reading →

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Some of my Forbes commentaries

Sandcastle Empire Posted on October 26, 2016 by Eamonn FingletonAugust 7, 2020

  If you click through on the headings below, you can get to the articles concerned. Most of them focus on international trade or American decline or both. For my first item, however, I chose something different — partly because it … Continue reading →

Posted in American decline, China, Global economy, History, Japan, Manufacturing, Press, Service economy, Sino-Japanese relations, Trade | Tagged articles, commentaries, forbes.com

Now Blogging at Forbes

Sandcastle Empire Posted on January 5, 2014 by Eamonn FingletonJanuary 6, 2014

I am now blogging at Forbes – you can find my most recent articles here. The RSS Feed for my Forbes blog is here.

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Posted in American decline, Global economy, Japan, Manufacturing, Trade

Boeing Goes To Pieces

Sandcastle Empire Posted on January 5, 2014 by Eamonn FingletonJanuary 5, 2014

This article was first published in the January-February 2014 issue of The American Conservative. At a welcoming banquet in Japan in the 1980s, Ford Motor chairman Philip Caldwell received a memorably double-edged compliment. “There is no secret about how we … Continue reading →

Posted in American decline, Global economy, Japan, Manufacturing, Trade | Tagged american conservative, boeing, fingleton

The myth of Japan’s “lost decades”: An invitation to Ambassador John Roos

Sandcastle Empire Posted on March 26, 2012 by Eamonn FingletonMay 2, 2012

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 … Continue reading →

Posted in American decline, Global economy, History, Japan, Trade | Tagged john roos, state department

The Japanese Electronics Industry: A Rebuttal

Sandcastle Empire Posted on March 20, 2012 by Eamonn FingletonMay 2, 2012

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

Japan’s Trade Figures: Some Perspective

Sandcastle Empire Posted on January 26, 2012 by Eamonn FingletonJanuary 26, 2012

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

A Reply to Paul Krugman

Sandcastle Empire Posted on January 19, 2012 by Eamonn FingletonJanuary 19, 2012

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 →

Posted in American decline, Global economy, Japan, Manufacturing, Service economy | Tagged advanced manufacturing, new york times, paul krugman, silicon, sunday review

Appearance on the BBC’s Newsnight Program

Sandcastle Empire Posted on January 14, 2012 by adminJanuary 19, 2012

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 →

Posted in American decline, Global economy, Japan, Manufacturing | Tagged basket case japan, current account surpluses, emily maitlis, gillian tett, japan, japanese economy, myth of Japan's lost decades, new york times sunday review, roland buerk

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