There is a revealing trend in the Japanese working population. More and more of them are looking at job opportunities overseas. This is especially true for the young (25~29 years old) (総務省「人口推計」). There are plenty of reasons of course, the economic malaise, increasing proportion of the aging population, impending collapse of the lifetime employment system, [...]
Prominent blogger/economist/journalist Ikeda Nobuo links to Scott Shane’s book that there are wrong preconceptions about America on business (池田, 2009). America tends to have an image that it is a thriving capitalist society with tons of entrepreneurs. But this is partially refuted by the self-employment rate, which is very low compared to other countries. Japan even [...]
Michael Moore’s documentary, “Capitalism: A Love Story”, has spurred some talks on the class divide (not yet a war) in the United [...]
