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TPP to Piketty – The Slow War

Trans  Pacific Partnership, Retirement Security, and Piketty income inequality are backdrop to slow but very real warfare. The TPP issue is not an isolated topic but part of deep background to an unspoken but real efforts to change the structure … Continue reading

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Sudden Jumps and Surging Yen

The yen is not rising with unexpected jumps, it follows a 5 year linear trend. Hiroko Tabuchi published a New York times Business report last Wednesday (2011 Nov 09) on Toyota’s performance.  Ms. Tabuchi is a respected reporter who says … Continue reading

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When Yen Parity?

The Yen is rising in value vs. the U.S. Dollar, could we make a guess when 1 dollar is the same worth as 1 yen?  Such a guess would be purely speculative and work only if “past history is the … Continue reading

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