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The State as the Employer of last Resort ~ Global Labour Column

The deflationary exit strategy from the crisis advocated by the European elites can only lead to a long, painful recession. In the wake … Here, Minsky identifies two anti-unemployment strategies that are richly instructive [...]

Japan: Monetary Madness in Times of Unsustainable Deficits …

Japan's government has vowed to end deflation by pursuing both depression-era fiscal policy and aggressive monetary policy. We recently analyzed implications of Japan's planned fiscal policies for the yen (see “How Low … [...]

Kuroda: BOJ to Do Whatever Needed to End Japan Deflation …

BloombergKuroda: BOJ to Do Whatever Needed to End Japan DeflationBloombergHaruhiko Kuroda said that the Bank of Japan (8301) will do whatever is needed to end 15 years of deflation should he be confirmed as … [...]

NewsDaily: Japan government nominates Kuroda, Iwata, Nakaso to …

24, 2013 (Reuters) — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is seeking to put at the top of the Bank of Japan two officials with different views on how to beat deflation , which could complicate decision-making in an already split board as it … [...]

Abe Asks Japan Business Leaders For Pay Rise To Fight Deflation …

LifesiteAbe Asks Japan Business Leaders For Pay Rise To Fight DeflationNIKKEI.com… For Pay Rise To Fight Deflation . TOKYO (Kyodo)–Prime Minister Shinzo Abe asked Japan's business leaders Tuesday to raise wages … [...]

Activist Post: Some Questions about Deflation

Japan , according to Bloomberg “has been battling deflation for more than a decade, with the average annual 0.3 percent decline in prices since 2000 damaging economic growth”. The New York Times reports that Japan's … [...]

Bill Gross: Economy is headed for credit supernova

Minsky's concept, developed nearly a half century ago shortly after the explosive decoupling of the dollar from gold in 1971, was primarily a cyclically contained model that acknowledged recession and then rejuvenation once the system's leverage had been reduced. …. (1) Position for eventual inflation: The end stage of a supernova credit explosion is likely to produce more inflation than growth, and more chances of inflation as opposed to deflation . In bonds, buy … [...]

FOREX NEWS: Negative Economic Data For Japan, More Fuel For …

comFOREX NEWS: Negative Economic Data For Japan , More Fuel For Deflation Fire?DailyFXJapan household spending growth in December (YoY) declined for the first time in 4 months, according to data released by the … [...]

NewsDaily: Japan voters back PM Abe's efforts to spur growth, beat …

More than two thirds of Japanese voters support Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's cabinet, a media survey published on Monday showed, with many of them praising his efforts to battle deflation and stimulate the [...]

Forex News: Japan CPI Confirms Deflation, Yen Retraces …

Forex News: Japan CPI Confirms Deflation , Yen Retraces WeaknessDailyFXThe Japanese yen rallied slightly higher versus the U.S. dollar as consumer price figures in Japan came across the wires showing across the board … [...]