Japan economics thread.

[broadsword]

Dam do they learn Malthusian mathematics at Yale or something, because that some Feudal ass non sense that professor is talking.

Some people like to postulate extraordinary thoughts just so to stand out from the crowd or to advertise themselves. It's up to us to judge their soundness by analyzing their ideas alone, disregarding their qualifications or beautiful command of King's English.

 

[pipaster]

Q4 growth was .6%, much lower than expected.

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[luminary]

It's like they haven't learned anything from Fukushima. Or is it because they want to go out in a bang?

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[KYli]

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[henrik]

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At this rate, Japan's economy will be gobbled up. How do they even pay for oil, when they have spent all their foreign reserves?

 

[coolgod]

At this rate, Japan's economy will be gobbled up. How do they even pay for oil, when they have spent all their foreign reserves?

The same way they did before WWII

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[KYli]

After years of deflation, Japan now experiences inflation that is much higher than wage growth.

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[luminary]

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The reason for Japanese people's increasing reluctance to get married is that their "romantic ability" is declining, a member of the Liberal Democratic Party faction in the Mie Prefectural Assembly stated here on Feb. 24.

He proposed that the prefectural government incorporate the idea of romantic ability into its measures against the declining birthrate. Ishida did not state specifically what romantic ability is.

 

[Overbom]

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Yes its the Japanese's lack of romantic ability and not that they have to work like slaves lol

 

[gelgoog]

Dam do they learn Malthusian mathematics at Yale or something, because that some Feudal ass non sense that professor is talking.

It is pretty easy to solve the issue with elderly pensions. Raise the retirement age.

It's like they haven't learned anything from Fukushima. Or is it because they want to go out in a bang?

This what happens after many decades of lack of investment into nuclear reactor construction in Japan. For what it's worth it is perfectly reasonable to run nuclear reactors to 60 years of age with current technologies. The main issues are lack of parts for long term sustainment.