Now Blogging at Forbes
I am now blogging at Forbes – you can find my most recent articles here. The RSS Feed for my Forbes blog is here.
Continue reading →Boeing Goes To Pieces
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 →
The myth of Japan’s “lost decades”: An invitation to Ambassador John Roos
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Coming Soon: A Reply to Paul Krugman
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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 →
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 →