Economic Observations

Hello,
This will be my first economics blog. In this blog I will attempt to focus on the Japanese economy and some of its positives.

 There is always a lot of negative news regarding the Japanese economy but rarely do we see anything positive about it. This idea came about from several sources; 1. I've always been interested in the Japanese economy from an observer perspective and from a research perspective, 2. I was asked to give a lecture to an international business club at the university I teach at, since I teach economics. I decided to give a lecture on what's good about the Japanese economy these days.

 So I will focus on that in this blog. For one I'm not a Japanese apologist, one who is always defending the economy, my goal is simply to find positive aspects of the economy when so much of the news seems to be negative. My views or ideas may or may not be correct. They are simply observations as I seem them. I have traveled to Japan on and off, since 1998, up to 3 times a year.

This blog will also have observations about the Korean economy and other economies as well. The focus is not academic but merely general observations of what is happening.

I will approach this blog the same way I teach economics. Except for the core economics course I teach from time to time, most of my economics class are not theory based but focused on what is happening in an economy, society, etc. Basically looking at economic activity and trying to understand why its happening the way it is.

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