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22 Jun 2024 Leave a comment
in labour economics, labour supply, population economics Tags: ageing society, Japan
The Demagoguery of Emperor Hirohito
23 Apr 2024 Leave a comment
in defence economics, International law, laws of war, war and peace Tags: atomic bombings, Japan, World War II
You’ve heard how Japan finally surrendered to the United States after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. You’ve heard how Emperor Hirohito went on Japanese radio and informed his people of his decision. But have you ever actually heard what Hirohito told his subjects? The Emperor’s surrender speech is one of the most egregious…
The Demagoguery of Emperor Hirohito
Claims about Japanese immigration
26 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
in human capital, labour economics, labour supply, population economics Tags: Japan
Japan will become an immigration powerhouse. Before the pandemic, the country was on track to accept about 150,000 new non-Japanese employees per year. This more than doubled to almost 350,000 in the first half of 2023. There are now approximately 3.2 million non-Japanese residents of Japan, up from barely half a million 30 years ago. […]
Claims about Japanese immigration
Is Tokyo really a YIMBY success story?
23 Nov 2023 Leave a comment
in economics of regulation, urban economics Tags: Japan
It is common lore in YIMBY circles that Tokyo is such an inexpensive city because Tokyo/Japan has allowed so much freedom to build. Sometimes it is mentioned that Japanese building and regulatory decisions are made at higher levels than the strictly local, which lowers the power of the NIMBYs to restrict building. I don’t doubt […]
Is Tokyo really a YIMBY success story?
The Kyujo Incident The Coup that Almost Kept Japan in WWII
24 May 2023 Leave a comment
in defence economics, war and peace Tags: Japan, World War II
How is over- population going
08 Apr 2023 Leave a comment
in population economics Tags: Japan
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Why did Japan ban everyone except for the Dutch?
30 Jan 2023 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economic history, international economic law, international economics, International law Tags: Japan
Why did Japan refuse Poland’s declaration of war in WW2?
28 Jan 2023 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economic history, International law, war and peace Tags: Japan, Poland, World War II
Reflections on Japan
19 Jan 2023 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of education, growth miracles, human capital, industrial organisation, international economics, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, liberalism, poverty and inequality, Public Choice Tags: Japan
Simon and I had a fantastic journey through Japan, or at least the east coast of Honshu. We started in Tokyo, then took bullet trains to Hiroshima, Himeji, Kyoto, and Mount Fuji before heading home. 1,504 more words
Reflections on Japan
【字幕付き】Japanese is My Native Language | Born and Raised in Ibaraki (Countryside Japan) | ft. Tiffany
20 Sep 2022 Leave a comment
in economics of education, economics of media and culture Tags: economics of languages, Japan
【字幕付き】Being a “Foreigner” English Girl Born in Japan | Japanese is My Native Language!
19 Aug 2022 Leave a comment
in economics of education, economics of media and culture Tags: economics of languages, Japan
The Stupidity Of Apologizing To Japan
11 Aug 2022 Leave a comment
in defence economics, laws of war, war and peace Tags: atomic bombings, Japan, World War II
A Japanese Bureaucratic Mess – WW2 Special
06 May 2022 Leave a comment
in constitutional political economy, defence economics, war and peace Tags: Japan, World War II
When will #COVID19 job support cross into the zombie quagmire?
25 Oct 2021 Leave a comment
in budget deficits, business cycles, economic history, history of economic thought, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, macroeconomics, monetary economics, survivor principle, unemployment Tags: economics of pandemics, Japan, unintended consequences
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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