Tag - economy

 
 

ECONOMY

COMMENTARY / World
Feb 27, 2013
The G-20 is not up to the job
If the recent circus performance of G-20 finance ministers and central bank governors is a preview, their September summit threatens to be a waste.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 23, 2013
Economic woes provide opening for White House
Japan's economic troubles may be pushing the country toward free-trade negotiations with the United States, a goal long-sought by officials in Washington who see it as a potential boon.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 20, 2013
Five myths about manufacturing jobs
Despite claims of lost jobs, the U.S. is still a world leader in manufacturing, a sector that will remain essential to its economic and technological future.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 20, 2013
Psychology is to blame for weak U.S. growth
U.S. job creation is weak because, since 2008-2009, Americans have gone from being an expansive, risk-taking society to a skittish, risk-averse one.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 18, 2013
Hit North Korea through its financing network
Washington and Seoul should target the global network of banks and front companies that sustain North Korea's palace economy as well as its gulags.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Feb 8, 2013
The movie exposing the lies at the heart of U.S. capitalism
In one sense, "Inequality for All" is absolutely the film of the moment. We are living through tumultuous times. The economy has tanked. Austerity has cut a swath through our lives.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 5, 2013
Learning from Japan's struggle
Americans could learn from a new prime minister's efforts to revive the flagging economy of Japan, once viewed as the next economic superpower.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 31, 2013
The up- and downside for the biggest economy
'Is America in decline?' may be the wrong question, as most of the affluent world — including U.S., Europe and Japan — faces similar threats.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 30, 2013
Abe adviser Hamada wants more pliant BOJ
With his harsh criticism of the Bank of Japan in the spotlight, Shinzo Abe's economic brain, Koichi Hamada, says it is a big step forward for the central bank to finally adopt the new prime minister's 2 percent inflation target.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 23, 2013
The American comeback kid
One of the more startling forecasts is that China will become the largest economy by 2016 and that the U.S. will become an energy exporter by 2020.
Reader Mail
Aug 12, 2007
Ridiculous rebuke of Asashoryu
The Aug. 4 editorial, "A grand champion is rebuked," makes me skeptical of the writer's sporting expertise. In my experience, one can still participate in relatively low-contact sports like soccer even with injuries if it is just for fun. Asashoryu was playing in a charity soccer game, which is not...

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