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May 31, 2012

[SSJ: 7495] [Temple ICAS Event] Richard Katz: Noda's mistaken economic priorities

From: ICAS
Date: 2012/05/31

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Richard Katz: Noda's mistaken economic priorities

Date:Friday, June 29, 2012
Time:7:00p.m. (Talk will start at 7:30p.m.) Venue:Temple University, Japan Campus, Mita Hall
502/503
http://www.tuj.ac.jp/maps/tokyo.html
Speaker: Richard Katz, Editor of The Oriental Economist Report Moderator:Robert Dujarric Director of ICAS Admission:Free (Open to general public) RSVP:icas[at]tuj.temple.edu *If you RSVP you are automatically registered. If possible, we ask you to RSVP but we always welcome participants even you do not RSVP.




Richard Katz will discuss the prospects for the Japanese economy and politics in the global context, including why Japan is not the next Greece, and the impact of PM Noda's priority on the consumption tax hike.


Richard Katz is Editor of The Oriental Economist Report, a monthly newsletter on Japan, as well as the semi-weekly TOE Alert e-mail service on Japan, and a special correspondent at Shukan Toyo Keizai, a leading Japanese business weekly. Mr. Katz is the author of two books on Japan: Japan: The System That Soured--The Rise and Fall of the Japanese Economic Miracle (1998) and Japanese Phoenix: The Long Road to Economic Revival (2002). He regularly writes essays and op-eds for major magazines and newspapers, has testified before Congressional committees, and did a stint as adjunct professor of economics at the New York University Stern School of Business. Mr. Katz received his M.A. in Economics from New York University in 1996. (For more info. please visit www.orientaleconomist.com )

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Robert Dujarric
Director
Kyle Cleveland
Associate Director
Eriko Kawaguchi
Coordinator

Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies
Temple University, Japan Campus
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