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user-inactivated · 4298 days ago · link · · parent · post: Economic Growth and Quality of Life: What Can We Learn from Japan?
We are already learning from Japan. During the past four years, Obama and his economic team have repeatedly confronted the bad/good Japan/Sweden dichotomy (courtesy Paul Krugman) -- how do we avoid having our own "lost generation"? Many say we're already well into that generation, but at the very least keeping our eyes on Japan's economic status isn't a new idea.