On Sat, Mar 13, 2004 at 02:05:39AM -0600, The Fool wrote: > I have read hundreds of articles about the japanese economy in the > past few years.
I see. How would you characterize Japan's openness to imports, now and before, say 1990? What fraction of Japan's GDP gap (that is, potential GDP minus actual GDP) over the past 10 years can be explained by trade policy, and why? How should Japan's trade policies be changed to decrease the GDP gap, and what evidence do you have that such a change will decrease the GDP gap? Is unemployment better in Japan or America? What is the "natural" rate of unemployment in Japan? How many percentage points has Japan's unemployment rate risen as a result of their trade policy, and how does this number compare to that in America? -- Erik Reuter http://www.erikreuter.net/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
