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The truth of Japan’s “slump”: An invitation to a debate

Posted on February 26, 2011 by Eamonn FingletonApril 14, 2011

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 →

Japan then, America now: A misleading comparison

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 →

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The truth of Japan’s “slump”: An invitation to a debate

Japan then, America now: A misleading comparison