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Why Japan desperately needs criminal-justice reform
News, Noah Smith, Published on 14/12/2018
» Japan's police recently threw the chairman of Nissan Motor Co, one of the country's largest auto manufacturers, into a jail cell. Carlos Ghosn, a Brazilian-born executive with French and Lebanese citizenship, has been accused of falsifying financial reports and hiding US$44 million (1.4 trillion baht) of personal income.
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The future is in Africa, and China has a headstart
News, Noah Smith, Published on 22/09/2018
» During the past decade, China has been investing a lot of money in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Japan needs, but can't lure migrants
News, Noah Smith, Published on 01/12/2017
» Even as the Donald Trump administration tries to think up ways to keep talented foreigners out of the US, Japan is trying to lure them in. But it's having trouble getting them to come.
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Voters want a bit more 'Abenomics'
News, Noah Smith, Published on 27/10/2017
» Japan's long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party has figured out a novel and interesting way to stay in power -- govern pragmatically, focus on the economy and give people what they want.
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Trump wants consumers to pay to keep coal alive
News, Noah Smith, Published on 13/10/2017
» In June, I wrote that by trying to prop up the dying coal industry, US President Donald Trump risks creating a US power industry that's "shackled to a corpse". Well, it looks like Mr Trump is figuring out just how to fit that shackle on.
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Japan should spend a little less on its well-off elderly
News, Noah Smith, Published on 29/09/2017
» When discussing Japan's debt, most people get caught up in the issue of fiscal solvency. As everyone by now knows, Japan has a very high level of debt versus gross domestic product:
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Private equity will do a lot of good for Japan Inc
News, Noah Smith, Published on 22/08/2017
» Back in 2012, I wrote a blog post calling for more private equity in Japan. Japanese companies are held back by a hidebound, inefficient workplace culture. Managers are often grey elder statesmen promoted up through the ranks, instead of dynamic outsiders ready to shake things up. Shareholders are often passive owners, doing little to push companies to raise profitability, while managers build empires instead of focusing on what their companies do best.
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Middle East migrants give US a boost
News, Noah Smith, Published on 26/07/2017
» A little over a week ago, Stanford University mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani died aged 40 after a battle with cancer. In that short lifetime, she accomplished more than most of us ever will. Mirzakhani was one of the world's greatest mathematicians -- a recipient of the Fields Medal, maths' highest honour.
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Economists in the age of Trump
News, Noah Smith, Published on 12/01/2017
» Economists are going to have to approach things a bit differently if they want to stay relevant in the Trump age. Research is going to become more important. Some humility wouldn't hurt. And they should look someplace other than the federal government to test their ideas.
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Kudlow is a troubling economics adviser for Trump
News, Noah Smith, Published on 21/12/2016
» Donald Trump is reportedly close to picking Larry Kudlow to be the chairman of his Council of Economic Advisers. This will doubtless annoy many economists and policy wonks because Mr Kudlow isn't an economist -- he didn't even major in econ in college. He's an econ commentator, much like me, but without the academic training.
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