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06/23/2026
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U.S.- Japan defense ties
01/07/2010
Grouped Articles
The Limits on Nationalism in Japan
New York Times 07/23/2013
China Raises Stakes in Air Standoff
Wall Street Journal 12/01/2013
Okinawa Governor Approves U.S. Air-Base Plan
Wall Street Journal 12/27/2013
China Pumps Up the Volume Against Japan
Wall Street Journal 02/08/2014
Japanese General Seeks to Reinforce Defenses
Wall Street Journal 01/14/2013
Japan's Abe Takes Step to Enhance Military's Role
Wall Street Journal 05/16/2014
U.S. military bases in the Pacific- in Okinawa, Guam, Australia and the Philippines
01/07/2010
A new strategy of having bases in different parts of the Pacific region and reducing the presence in Okinawa. The people of Okinawa favor a smaller U.S. footprint and oppose any new bases.
Grouped Articles
Okinawa Governor Approves U.S. Air-Base Plan
Wall Street Journal 12/27/2013
China Tensions Form Backdrop to U.S.-Philippine Military Drills
Wall Street Journal 06/27/2014
Shinzo Abe Faces Growing Wrath of Okinawans Over U.S. Base
New York Times 07/03/2015
Warily Eyeing China, Philippines May Invite U.S. Back to Subic Bay
New York Times 09/19/2015
Countering China: Back to the Philippines
Wall Street Journal 01/20/2016
Shinzo Abe and Okinawa’s Governor to Resume Talks on U.S. Base
New York Times 03/04/2016
Okinawa and U.S.- Japan relations
01/07/2010
Grouped Articles
Okinawa Governor Approves U.S. Air-Base Plan
Wall Street Journal 12/27/2013
The Time Is Ripe for Stronger U.S.-Japan Military Ties
Wall Street Journal 07/08/2014
Okinawa Voters Replace Governor With Opponent of U.S. Base
New York Times 11/16/2014
Shinzo Abe Faces Growing Wrath of Okinawans Over U.S. Base
New York Times 07/03/2015
Shinzo Abe and Okinawa’s Governor to Resume Talks on U.S. Base
New York Times 03/04/2016
U.S. Replaces Diplomat, Apologizes Over Alleged Remarks on Okinawa
Wall Street Journal 03/10/2011
China- inflation, the currency, and economic mismanagement, the situation in 2010-2012
01/07/2010
Efforts to strengthen the currency are being resisted by export interests. Inflation is hurting consumers who are limited to earning 2.75% interest on savings, with the interest rate spread designed to help banks earn their way through bad loans made during the stimulus lending binge. A massive reallocation of resources away from consumers and towards lending to state-owned companies which create overcapacity in industries and engage in real estate speculation. Far from rebalancing the world economy this will affect internal growth in China.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 07/15/2013
China Inflation Rises to a 19-Month High
New York Times 06/11/2010
Wall Street Journal 09/04/2010
An Accord (and Lessons) to Remember
Wall Street Journal 09/21/2010
World Bank Deletes Critical Passage on China
Wall Street Journal 07/05/2015
New York Times 01/20/2011
Sony's 3-D initiative
01/07/2010
Grouped Articles
Sony Pins Future on a 3-D Revival
Wall Street Journal 01/07/2010
Sony Taps New Type of Screen for TV Sets
Wall Street Journal 01/10/2012
Sony's New CEO Vows to 'Revive' Company
Wall Street Journal 04/13/2012
Wall Street Journal 04/24/2012
A Long Road Ahead for Japan Tech Giants
Wall Street Journal 08/02/2012
Apple in mobile advertising
01/06/2010
Grouped Articles
Apple Hires Burberry Chief to Polish Image of Online Stores
New York Times 10/15/2013
Why the Internet Won’t Be the Next TV for Advertising
Wall Street Journal 09/16/2015
Apple's Tasty Mobile-Advertising Bet
Wall Street Journal 01/06/2010
Google in mobile advertising
01/06/2010
Grouped Articles
Google Earnings: Profit Up but Search-Ad Prices Drop 6%
Wall Street Journal 07/19/2013
Why the Internet Won’t Be the Next TV for Advertising
Wall Street Journal 09/16/2015
The Upside of Google's Mobile Ad Push
Wall Street Journal 10/19/2012
Apple's Tasty Mobile-Advertising Bet
Wall Street Journal 01/06/2010
Despite Strong Earnings, Google Is Still Stymied by Mobile
New York Times 01/22/2013
Germany's exports
01/06/2010
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 03/16/2010
German Stocks Shift Toward Home
Wall Street Journal 08/18/2013
German Optimism Depends On Spanish Deficits
Wall Street Journal 09/25/2013
New York Times 11/03/2013
Germanyâs Neighbors Admonish It Over Surplus
New York Times 11/13/2013
Germany's Secret Economic Weapon: a Vast Export Network
Wall Street Journal 11/19/2013
Biopharmaceutical Industry.
01/06/2010
Grouped Articles
Biopharmaceutical Industry Is Banking on Boston
New York Times 01/06/2010
Visa Inc. management
01/05/2010
Grouped Articles
Visa Posts Higher Profit as Payments Volume Rises
Wall Street Journal 01/31/2014
How Visa, Using Card Fees, Dominates a Market
New York Times 01/05/2010
Study: Card Issuers Face $25 Billion Revenue Hit
Wall Street Journal 02/08/2011
Wall Street Journal 07/28/2011
Wall Street Journal 07/14/2012
MasterCard and Visa Will Pay Billions to Settle Antitrust Suit
New York Times 07/13/2012
Structural solutions for U.S. jobs growth and economic growth- 2011-2020
01/04/2010
Michael Spence and other experts discuss longer term solutions to the high unemployment facing the U.S.
Grouped Articles
Uncertainty Is the Enemy of Recovery
Wall Street Journal 04/28/2013
Confronting Old Problem May Require a New Deal
New York Times 01/28/2014
Bayer: Pressure on Prices Has Bad Side Effects
Wall Street Journal 02/07/2012
The world economy: Wealth without workers, workers without wealth
Economist 10/06/2014
Why the Old Jobs Aren't Coming Back
Wall Street Journal 06/24/2011
Middle-Aged Job Hunters Struggle in Weak Recovery
Wall Street Journal 07/30/2011
Unemployment and the U.S. presidential election of 2012
01/04/2010
Grouped Articles
Job Picture Set to Test Obama in Key States
Wall Street Journal 06/11/2011
Wall Street Journal 09/02/2011
The 2012 Election Will Come Down to Seven States
Wall Street Journal 09/06/2011
Voter Discontent Deepens Ahead of Obama Jobs Plan
Wall Street Journal 09/06/2011
Debate on Economics Turns to Character
Wall Street Journal 11/10/2011
Democrats See Advantage in Payroll Tax Debate
New York Times 12/01/2011
The Reagan Memo of 1980 by Shultz, Friedman and other advisors on prudent economic policies for growth
01/04/2010
George Shultz, Milton Friedman, Paul McCracken and other economic advisors jointly sent this memo to U.S. president Ronald Reagan before his first inauguration. The memo provides advice on economic policies and methods at a critical time of soaring inflation and a stagnant economy, with economic difficulties matching what the U.S. economy faces today from the housing bubble and slow growth. Advice on the Romney Plan.
Grouped Articles
New York Times 07/21/2011
Wall Street Journal 05/26/2012
Wall Street Journal 05/26/2012
Gramm and Hubbard: What a Romney Recovery Might Look Like
Wall Street Journal 06/06/2012
George Shultz: Memo to Romney — Expand the Pie
Wall Street Journal 07/14/2012
Uncertainty and the Slow Recovery
Wall Street Journal 01/04/2010
China's state run companies
01/07/2010
Grouped Articles
China Think Tank Offers Reform Wish List
Wall Street Journal 10/30/13
China Unveils Overhaul of Bloated State Sector
Wall Street Journal 09/14/15
State-Run Firms Are the Giants of China's Economy
Wall Street Journal 02/23/12
China Speeds Economic 'Transformation'
Wall Street Journal 03/06/12
Chinese Communist Party Faces Calls for Democracy
New York Times 11/10/12
China Aims to Transform a Nation of Savers Into Spenders
Wall Street Journal 01/07/10
Tom Orlik on wealth distribution in China and why increasing consumer spending would require higher incomes for the lower middle class and rural households
01/07/2010
Orlik cites a study by a Chinese university which shows 10% of the households has over 80% of the wealth, and over 50% of the households have little or no savings. This suggests that there is not much room to increase consumer spending on education, healthcare, and consumer goods for these households as incomes are too low. This may account for the insecurity felt by a large majority of households about the future. It also shows that rebalancing the global economy would require rebalancing within China, reducing inequality and improving incomes for the middle class to increase consumer spending.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 07/01/13
The Slowing of Two Economic Giants
New York Times 07/14/13
Wall Street Journal 07/15/13
New York Times 12/18/11
Survey in China Shows a Wide Gap in Income
New York Times 07/19/13
Wall Street Journal 11/06/13
U.S.-Japanese relations.
01/07/2010
Relations between the United States and Japan as the Hatoyama administration takes a more independent approach to Japanese-American relations.
Grouped Articles
Japanâs Premier Will Quit as Approval Plummets
New York Times 06/01/10
Seoul Scores Victory in Textbook War Against Japan in U.S.
Wall Street Journal 02/08/14
China Pumps Up the Volume Against Japan
Wall Street Journal 02/08/14
An Ohio Church Puts the Yarn in Japan's 'Yarn Alive' Club
Wall Street Journal 03/04/12
Japanese Elderly Knit a Safety Net
Wall Street Journal 03/05/12
Obama Juggles Itinerary in Bid to Ease Tensions Between Two Asian Allies
New York Times 03/24/14
The U.S., China, and 'Rebalancing' the World Economy
01/07/2010
'Rebalancing' is the idea that China will consumer more US goods and export less to the US, reducing the lopsided trade imbalance between the two countries. China's government continues its focus on exports and infrastructure in 2009-2011. China's banking system focusses on lending to state-owned companies and the system does not have the attitude, incentives or the mechanisms and experience to increase lending to consumers or small business. Experts say rebalancing is doubtful without serious changes in the banking system and government policy which are not likely.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 07/15/13
New York Times 12/18/11
Economist 03/31/10
Fixing a Perception Gap for the Underappreciated G-20
Wall Street Journal 08/27/13
US-China trade relations: Speak less softly, carry a stick
Economist 09/25/10
Adidos and Hotwind? In China, Brands Evoke Foreign Names, Even if They’re Gibberish
New York Times 12/26/14
An alternative view on Iran's democracy protests suggesting a rural-urban divide similiar to Egypt
01/06/2010
The question for this alternative view remains why there were questions about rigging the vote in Iran compared to the vote for Morsi in Egypt which showed a clear urban-rural divide.
Grouped Articles
Prospect of Iranâs Election Stirs Little Hope This Time Around
New York Times 05/08/13
Ex-Iran President Seeks Comeback Against Odds
New York Times 05/17/13
Onetime Morsi Supporters Allege Egypt Leader Shifted
Wall Street Journal 07/03/13
Fouad Ajami: Egypt on the Brink—With No Clear Way Back
Wall Street Journal 07/02/13
Egypt's Adly Mansour: Top Judge for Two Days, Now Interim President
Wall Street Journal 07/03/13
Jurist Sworn In to Lead Egypt Transition
New York Times 07/04/13
Robert Lighthizer and other experts call for trade and globalization practices that work for the U.S.
01/06/2010
The failure of the establishment of both parties in the USA to take action in the face of the loss of 5.6 million jobs in the last decade, with $4.3 trillion in trade imbalances. An issue which resonates with voters in the US and could lead to a fundamental realignent of American attitudes to globalization and free trade. The feeling that the free-trade deck is stacked against the USA by Asian countries. China's efforts to keep the yuan dollar exchange rate at levels that favor exports. China's accumulation of over $3 trillion in dollar reserves that are parked mostly in Treasury's that keep U.S. interests low. Distortons in the global economy from the failure to rebalance the world economy hurts China and the U.S.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 10/04/11
US-China trade relations: Speak less softly, carry a stick
Economist 09/25/10
New York Times 09/30/10
Wall Street Journal 10/02/10
The Engine That Pulled Us Out of Recession
Wall Street Journal 03/19/15
What’s Our Duty to the People Globalization Leaves Behind?
New York Times 01/26/16
Internet Mania and Bubble Behaviour in the U.S. - 2011-2013
01/06/2010
The IPO's of Internet companies and the mania that pushes up the price creating unsustainable valuations.
Grouped Articles
IPOs Set to Raise Most Cash Since Crisis
Wall Street Journal 05/12/13
Priceline Travels Road Back to High Hit in Dotcom Era
Wall Street Journal 08/09/13
In Latest IPOs, Profits Aren't the Point
Wall Street Journal 10/10/13
Wall Street Journal 11/17/13
Search for the 'Next Big Thing' leads to Soaring Valuations
New York Times 01/21/14
Opening the Box on Tech Stocks' Next Move
Wall Street Journal 04/10/14
Martin Feldstein on China's efforts to control inflation, rising real estate prices, and shift its economy away from export led growth in 2011-2013
01/06/2010
Feldstein says China has the economic problems of inflation, the effects of the large stimulus after the 2008 global financial crisis, and overdependence on exports, under control. The new five year plan gradually shifts the economy towards greater reliance on services and a shift away from export led growth. The smaller stimulus of 2012 is being guided to necessary infrastructure such as power development and towards low income housing. China has still to tackle problems with an aging population and its one-child policy, inequality and corruption in government. These will be challenges facing the new government.
Grouped Articles
Global property markets: Boom and gloom
Economist 05/27/13
New York Times 12/18/11
Wall Street Journal 03/29/10
China Inflation Rises to a 19-Month High
New York Times 06/11/10
Compelling Signs the Chinese Property Boom Is Over
Wall Street Journal 03/19/14
Chinese debt: The great hole of China
Economist 10/17/14
Avatar, James Cameron's movie, as a movie with aglobal dimension in sales.
01/05/2010
Sales in countries like Russia, Brazil, and other places overseas helped push sales over $1 billion, with foreign sales comprising two thirds of sales. The movie's anticapitalist message also fits the times and is especially popular overseas, with greedy capitalists trying to mine amineral on another planet and displacing the people living there.
Grouped Articles
Behind Momentum of 'Avatar' Is a Growing Audience Abroad
Wall Street Journal 01/05/10
Another Top Police Official Resigns in British Scandal
New York Times 07/18/11
GM India.
01/05/2010
Grouped Articles
U.S. Car Makers Are Missing in India
Wall Street Journal 05/10/13
GM Fires Workers Over India Recall
Wall Street Journal 07/26/13
General Motors to Build New Models in India, Some for Export
Wall Street Journal 07/30/15
GM Predicts Big Sales Gain in India
Wall Street Journal 01/05/10
General Motors Hits Bumpy Patch Abroad
Wall Street Journal 11/10/11
Deficit spending and the U.S. economy
01/04/2010
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 06/24/11
Why the Old Jobs Aren't Coming Back
Wall Street Journal 06/24/11
Wall Street Journal 07/12/11
President's Focus: $4 Trillion
Wall Street Journal 07/12/11
Stimulus and the Depression: The Untold Story
Wall Street Journal 09/26/11
Our advice to the debt supercommittee: Go big, be bold, be smart - The Washington Post
Washington Post 10/01/11
U.S. Fed chairman Bernanke's and Fed governor's assessment of the economy in 2011-2012
01/04/2010
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 06/07/11
Fed Darkens Its Outlook but Plans No Changes
Wall Street Journal 06/23/11
The Federal Reserve's Toolbox is Emptying
Wall Street Journal 07/13/11
Bernanke to Markets: Stay Tuned
Wall Street Journal 08/26/11
Key Passages From Bernanke’s Jackson Hole Remarks
Wall Street Journal 08/26/11
Wall Street Journal 09/28/11
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