Live at Project Syndicate: BERKELEY – Back in the late 1980’s, Japan seemingly could do no wrong in economists’ eyes. They saw a clear edge in Japan’s competitiveness relative to the North Atlantic across a broad range of high-tech precision and mass-production industries manufacturing tradable goods. They also saw an economy that, since reconstruction began … Continue reading The United States Economy Today in the Transpacific Mirror: Thursday Focus: January 30, 2014