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Eamonn Fingleton's commentaries on the politics and economics of American decline

 
 
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Tag Archives: deflation

The New York Times on Japan: Continuing fallout

Sandcastle Empire Posted on October 20, 2010 by Eamonn FingletonNovember 21, 2010

Expert observers Holstein, Fallows, and Baker express their dismay at the Times’s miscues. I am not alone in challenging the New York Times’s recent account of a “disheartened” Japan. William J. Holstein, former president of the Overseas Press Club of America … Continue reading →

Posted in Japan, Press | Tagged dean baker, deflation, disheartened, good deflation, japan, japanese economy, william holstein

Myths of the Japanese economy

Sandcastle Empire Posted on June 1, 2010 by Eamonn FingletonNovember 9, 2010

This is a longer version of an article I have just published in the journal of the Overseas Press Club of America. Former Tokyo correspondents held a reunion at the Overseas Press Club in New York in March at which … Continue reading →

Posted in Japan, Press | Tagged consumers, deflation, eugenic protection act, good deflation, japan, lifetime employment, opc, overseas press club

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