Posted on 12 March 2011. Tags: Crisis, Disasters, Economic Activity, Economy, Gross Domestic Product, Growth, Japan, Wages
The tragedy in Japan is real and the loss of life truly sad. But, there is one other piece of knowledge to glean today that is a long-term keeper: how disasters are GOOD for the Gross Domestic Product, and what that tells us about how we think about "recovery" and "economic growth". […]
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Posted on 10 July 2007. Tags: Hillary Clinton, Japan, So-Called "Free Trade", South Korea
   As I said the other day, though the environment is the best it has been in a long time for those of us who are advocating for a saner, fairer trade policy, no one should think that so-called “free trade” is off the table. Now, Japan may be stepping up to the trough, according […]
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