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CAPITALISM 3

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Jun 7, 2022
Marxism makes a comeback in China’s crackdown on ‘disorderly capital’
Since the end of 2020, when Chinau2019s Communist Party began vowing to rein in the "disorderly expansion of capital,u201d a regulatory onslaught has swept through the economy and stock market.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 24, 2022
Equitable capitalism or bust
The World Bank warns that the effort to reduce poverty has suffered its u201cworst setbacku201d in a quarter century, owing to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 30, 2022
How venture capital created the modern world
Rather than focusing on predictable returns, venture capitalists are in the business of betting on the future.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 26, 2021
Can Xi end China’s 'Gilded Age'?
High-stakes graft has exploded in China as politically connected capitalists ply politicians with lavish bribes in exchange for lucrative privileges.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 8, 2021
Is capitalism just a phase? China struggles with the math
Communist ideology declares that capitalism is just a stage in human society, and that party leaders are the architects of the future there to look beyond this phase.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 8, 2021
China breaks the global model of venture capital investing
Now, Chinau2019s crackdown on its ride-hailing giant Didi Global Inc. raises an uncomfortable question for the venture capital funds: Does their globe-trotting model work?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 11, 2021
China makes us rethink capitalism
Make no mistake: China is in many important ways a capitalist country; but Chinese capitalism is a very different animal from that practiced in the West.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 9, 2021
More young Japanese look to Marx amid pandemic and climate crisis
An associate professor at Osaka City University has ignited interest in the German thinker with books and TV appearances.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 1, 2021
Let’s cut capitalism some slack
Rapid digitization, especially in emerging markets, will compensate for decompression.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 6, 2020
The specter of financial socialism
The world needs a strong and confident narrative of free-market capitalism and liberal democracy more than ever.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 31, 2020
Is an old political dream coming true at last?
A new kind of egalitarianism is pushing its way to the center of the global stage.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 3, 2020
Time for the world to embark on a Great Reset
The pandemic represents a window of opportunity to reflect, reimagine and reset our world to create a healthier, more equitable and more prosperous future.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 26, 2020
Building cooperation in an unsettled world
There is still an opportunity to steer the world toward cooperation and away from potentially damaging competition.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 20, 2020
Global survey finds capitalism is apparently doing more harm than good
A majority of people around the world believe capitalism in its current form is doing more harm than good, a survey found ahead of this week's Davos meeting of business and political leaders.
EDITORIALS
Aug 25, 2019
U.S. firms rethink capitalism
The U.S. Business Roundtable group should reach out to counterparts in Japan to begin a dialogue on meaningful reform of capitalism in the 21st century.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 25, 2019
Has America gone socialist?
Americans now broadly support government programs that would be considered socialism in other countries.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 18, 2019
France uses Group of Seven presidency to issue sobering message urging a revamp of capitalism
France is sounding an alarm for the world's advanced economies: Capitalism is tearing them apart.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 18, 2019
What the fall of Sears and GE teaches us about capitalism
We pay a high price for economic flexibility, but benefit enormously from the rising living standards it produces.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jan 27, 2018
'The Girl at the Baggage Claim' is Gish Jen's venture into the identity of self
In our age of cultural sensitivity u2014 and vocal aversion to stereotypes u2014 it takes nerve to compare East and West. Kudos then to Gish Jen, an award winning novelist and former lecturer at Harvard University, for venturing into the fray and adding insight.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 26, 2017
Wanted: A better defense of modern-day capitalism
Capitalism is taking on new forms in the 21st century, and the old arguments to defend it no longer have any relevance.

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A statue of "Dragon Ball" character Goku stands outside the offices of Bandai Namco in Tokyo. The figure is now as recognizable as such characters as Mickey Mouse and Spider-Man.
Akira Toriyama's gift to the world