Morrissey on Abenomics
Yet surely it is much too early for the soil to be falling over the head of Abenomics.
Nietzsche on Abenomics
So far the main beneficiaries of Abenomics may appear to be Chinese tourists and rich old ladies, but…
Churchill on Abenomics
It would mark not the end of Abenomics, nor even the beginning of the end, but merely the end of the beginning
Back to the Future: Japan and the World Depression
Early one snowy morning in February 1936, a group of fanatical army officers staged a coup d’etat in central Tokyo
The Wheel of Fortune
At the age of fifteen he was living with a geisha, and in his thirties he led a group of hard-drinking, brawling Japanese miners to the high Andes…
Abenomics: the Moment of Truth
Most satisfying of all, Japan’s government bond market has remained as serene as a zen garden.
Winning the Currency Olympics
For them the euro is like the cockroach motel – you can check in, but you can never check out.
Abe Gets His Ya-Ya’s Out
The LDP, like the Rolling Stones, is a dinosaur outfit. Both lack the energy levels of their nineteen sixties heyday , but still manage to wipe the floor…
Japan Goes For Growth
The message was clear – deflation was the fault of Japan’s inadequately fertile womenfolk, not the elite officials of the central bank
Sayonara, Mr. Bond
They walk in cool and confident, armed with their PowerPoint presentations. They leave town horizontal, soaked in red ink.