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Election 2012: Do Candidates Have a Foreign Policy?

Election 2012: Do Candidates Have a Foreign Policy?

August 21, 2012 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

This has to be the most inward-gazing presidential election in nearly half a century. True, voters are focused on domestic problems: the health care system, joblessness, the fiscal deficit, the state of the economy and what to do about it….

Japan Snaps Back, Moody’s Drops Credit Rating. Huh?

Japan Snaps Back, Moody’s Drops Credit Rating. Huh?

August 25, 2011 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

This week Japan became the latest nation to get a downgrade from one of the rating agencies that seem to whizz around the world pronouncing this economy or that unworthy of its previous status. On Wednesday, Moody’s dropped Japan from…

Japan: The Meltdown of Growth-At-Any-Cost

Japan: The Meltdown of Growth-At-Any-Cost

March 22, 2011 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

Long before the worst earthquake in Japan’s history produced the worst nuclearaccident in Japan’s history, nuclear power had acquired a menacing reputation among many Japanese. If the crisis in triplicate at the Fukushima power plant (where four nuclear reactors are…

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