Reblogged from conversations with japan:

Me: Hi Japan. What’s going on with your economy?

Japan: The usual. Why?

Me: I keep hearing that it’s “stagnating” or “stagflating” or “sluggish” or a “train wreck”.

Japan: It is.

Me: And there’s a “lost generation” that can’t find really amazing jobs and earn buckets of cash every month.

Japan: They can’t.

Me: And your GDP isn’t seventeen double digits above the baseline macro index for economic growth forecasts in the second half of the Dow Smith fiscal trimester.

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Putting things in perspective, a great blog piece - A Conversation with Japan. The Economy Me: Hi Japan. What’s going on with your economy? Japan: The usual. Why? Me: I keep hearing that it’s “stagnating” or “stagflating” or “sluggish” or a “train wreck”. Japan: It is. Me: And there’s a “lost generation” that can’t find really amazing jobs and earn buckets of cash every month. Read on.....