It's still early, but so far so good for the anti-austerity economic policies of Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe aimed at pulling Japan out of 20 years of economic doldrums.
He's doing the exact opposite of what the IMF/WSJ/CNBC/Davos talking heads say to do, by spending money and encouraging inflation.
I know, I know, many old teabaggers are clutching their chests and turning purple upon reading those words, but there are unintended evils attendant with high savings and zero inflation.
So, once again, the rest of the world is doing us a favor, showing us what works and what doesn't, and all we have to do is watch and copy the smart guys.
It's austerity on the right in Europe, and stimulus on the left in Japan. Who's gonna win?
Rest assured that your ace blogger will be following this story!....
(This is totally off-topic, but remember that Michael Crichton novel & movie Rising Sun? Remember how he and others warned us that Japan's economy was going to eat our lunch? Seems very silly now. This was the same Michael Crichton, by the way, (may he RIP) who reportedly convinced Dubya that man-made global warming was a scientific hoax. So that's, uh, two big strikes against the dead guy.)
By Stanley White and Kaori Kaneko
April 30, 2013 | Reuters
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