Comments on: Japan’s year of resilience http://blogs.reuters.com/ian-bremmer/2012/02/15/japan%e2%80%99s-year-of-resilience/ Tue, 14 May 2013 12:43:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: samBerry http://blogs.reuters.com/ian-bremmer/2012/02/15/japan%e2%80%99s-year-of-resilience/#comment-289 samBerry Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:00:23 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/ian-bremmer/?p=263#comment-289 It is true that the Japanese showed great discipline in the wake of the disaster. I would argue that this had been instilled long ago by stay-at-home moms. It is therefore contradictory for Mr. Bremmer to argue that Japan needs to tap its female workforce, because doing so would erode its discipline over the long term. It is true that the Japanese showed great discipline in the wake of the disaster. I would argue that this had been instilled long ago by stay-at-home moms. It is therefore contradictory for Mr. Bremmer to argue that Japan needs to tap its female workforce, because doing so would erode its discipline over the long term.

]]> By: WeWereWallSt http://blogs.reuters.com/ian-bremmer/2012/02/15/japan%e2%80%99s-year-of-resilience/#comment-288 WeWereWallSt Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:48:37 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/ian-bremmer/?p=263#comment-288 We were going to write a sarcastic counterpoint here, but Reuters have saved us the trouble here: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/17/us-japan-debt-idUSTRE81G0IZ20120217, and we've put our serious counterpoint there. If Japan achieves more of the same in the 21st century, let's hope it's none of the same as the last 22 years. We think it's on a glide path to history if it doesn't deal with its debt and demographic problems. Whistling while you work is not a solution. We were going to write a sarcastic counterpoint here, but Reuters have saved us the trouble here: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/1 7/us-japan-debt-idUSTRE81G0IZ20120217, and we’ve put our serious counterpoint there.

If Japan achieves more of the same in the 21st century, let’s hope it’s none of the same as the last 22 years. We think it’s on a glide path to history if it doesn’t deal with its debt and demographic problems.

Whistling while you work is not a solution.

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