The major capitalist economies of Europe and North America have been experiencing low rates of economic growth and population increase. Japan has been in that position since the 1990s, and its experience offers some important clues about what the future holds.
  • Move to lemm.ee
    8•1 year ago

    And Britain’s empire the larger case study that comes before that.

    Excellent.

  • HubertManne
    -1•1 year ago

    Despite peoples opinion on the source I find japan does seem to lead the way on economic and social issues myself.

    • tiredofsametab
      13•1 year ago

      lead the way on […] social issues

      Sure, as long as you’re straight, male, and Japanese. To a lesser extent if you are straight, female, and Japanese (but don’t dare expect the same salary, high-level positions, or being treated like anything other than someone who will quit to be a stay-at-home-mom at the vast majority of companies). Everything else is going to have a very different experience in terms of equality in society.

      Edit: also bullying issues, including still some people whom even have ancestors of a certain group/caste (burakkumin, for one), homeless issues, mental health care not being covered by insurance, and still more.

      • HubertManne
        -1•1 year ago

        yeah and we are seeing this in other countries. this is what I mean by lead the way. Not doing a bang up job but more speed running compared to the rest of the world.

          • HubertManne
            1•1 year ago

            no I mean what you see with them today you see in other first world countries tommorrow. And just to be clear today and tommorrow do not literally mean today/tommorrow but more that what you see with them in an earlier time period tends to become the normal for other countries later and just financially and socially I mostly meant having kids and expectations around working and having a family. The sorta social norm.

  • EnderWi99in
    -17•1 year ago

    Slow but steady growth that outpaces inflation is kind of the ideal. The US also doesn’t have the population issues Japan has. The Jacobian is also far left garbage. Why is this even posted here?

    • @nyar
      5•1 year ago

      Of course, with that user name, you’d think that Jacobin, a barely left of center magazine, is far left garbage.

      • @EhListEnglish
        -7•1 year ago

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        • @nyar
          5•1 year ago

          Jacobin, from the US, is in a country with no right wing? The US is only right wing, Democrats being the center right and Republicans being the fascist right.

          • @EhListEnglish
            -2•1 year ago

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      • @[email protected]
        3•1 year ago

        There were company stores, child labor, and pinkertons before WW2, I’m not sure where you’re getting the idea that it was all peachy before 1945.