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February 03, 2010
Economic Policy Priorities in 2010
Exports to Western markets have significantly declined following the global economic crisis of 2008, preventing the Japanese economy from staging ...
December 11, 2009
1. Two Views of Capitalism
The 2008 global financial crisis has been a testament to the failure of Adam Smith’s basic neoclassical principle: that making ...
November 13, 2009
The G20’s Empty Promises
The world’s 20 largest economies agreed in Pittsburgh to coordinate their efforts to overcome the global economic crisis. While they ...
October 08, 2009
Introduction: Toward the “Second End of Laissez-Faire”
“Globalization” can be understood as a grand experiment to test the laissez-faire doctrine of neoclassical economics, which claims that a ...
August 27, 2009
Economic Policy Challenges for the Next Administration
The Japanese economy owes its growth over the past five years to dependence on external demand; fundamental structural reforms have ...
July 13, 2009
Preventing “Housing Refugees”: A Proposal for a Home-Buying System
With bonuses slashed this year, many people will be hard pressed to keep up their mortgage payments. Some will see ...
April 03, 2009
Toward a Sustainable Business Model for the 21st Century (3)
What is the secret of success shared by Japan’s longest-lived businesses and India’s most venerated corporate group? Call it “community ...
March 18, 2009
Toward a Sustainable Business Model for the 21st Century (1)
Wall Street greed and lax regulation are routinely blamed for the economic crisis now sweeping the world. But to identify ...
February 23, 2009
Turning the Crisis into a Once-in-a-Century Opportunity
The current "once-in-a-century" economic crisis has provided us with the opportunity to reflect on the consequences of our rapidly moving ...
December 08, 2008
Global Financial Crisis Shows Inherent Instability of Capitalism
What can we learn from the global financial and economic crisis? A prominent Japanese economist explains how it reflects the ...
