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Japan’s Huge Stimulus Plan: A Bold Roll of the Dice

April 8, 2013 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

Young Japanese of 23 has never known anything but a wheezy, punked-out, slump-shouldered Japan—a country that has been in and out of recession and deflation since its famous bubble burst in 1990. Now this is supposed to change—big time. Analysts…

Is “Abenomics” Japan’s Second Economic Miracle?

Is “Abenomics” Japan’s Second Economic Miracle?

March 11, 2013 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

Shinzo Abe is proving to be a surprise-a-minute prime minister. This week he will announce his intention to enter talks with the US on a controversial free-trade pact called the Trans–Pacific Partnership, according to Japanese media. It is the latest…

How a Resurgent Japan Puts Washington on the Spot

How a Resurgent Japan Puts Washington on the Spot

February 25, 2013 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

“Japan is back.” That was the message Shinzo Abe, the new Japanese prime minister, delivered to President Barack Obama at the White House a few days ago. Obama, in turn, made nice, praising the US–Japan alliance as “the central foundation…

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