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Japan's "Economy Shock" If Trump Returns
Trade War and Inflation
Three, Maybe Four, Interventions Push Yen to 156/$
If past is prologue, impact won't last
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Prospects for Financial Reform
Does the FSA Have An Effective Agenda?
May Wage Data Mixed: Are Shunto Hikes Spreading to Rest of the Workforce?
Real Wage Declines So far Caused Consumption to Drop For Four Quarters in a Row
My Nikkei Oped On Boosting Entrepreneurship
What Tokyo Could Do That Would Make a Big Difference
Yen Going to ¥170/$?
If So, Is That A Change in Fundamentals or Speculative Over-Reach?
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June 2024

The Snowball Effect And Economic Reform
A response to Tobias Harris
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Financial Times Names "The Contest" One Of Best Summer Reads
Plus: Bill Emmott Interview
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Myth: Japanese Are Only Good At Incremental Innovation
Japan’s Declining Commercial Innovation, Part II
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Japan’s Declining Commercial Innovation, Part I
Too Little Basic Science Or Corporations’ Declining Capacity To Utilize Science?
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May 2024

GDP: Six Years of Zero Growth
A Brief Note On The Yen
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Japan’s Technological Prowess Should Enable 2.3% Per Capita Growth, Part I
It Needs To Convert Technological Inputs Into Economic Output
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