Macro Economy

Macro Economy

Wage Hikes: The LDP Manifesto Fails, NHK Misses the Mark, and Economists Shout Empty Slogans of “Productivity”

On June 19, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) announced its...
Macro Economy

A Shinjiro Koizumi Premiership: Fast-Tracking Toward a “Lost 40 Years”?

While former Agriculture Minister Eto struggled to effective...
Macro Economy

The JCP Is Difficult to Classify as “Pro-Expansionary Fiscal Policy”

The Japanese Communist Party (JCP) recently released its man...
Macro Economy

Stop Chasing “Pension Sustainability” Right Now

I firmly believe that the obsession with fiscal discipline h...
Macro Economy

Tax Cut Funding: Not “As a Last Resort,” but “By Issuing Bonds”

I have repeatedly argued that the government must evaluate t...
Macro Economy

The BOJ’s Real Wage Forecast Error: A Failure Surpassed Only by the LDP-Komeito Coalition

In March, real wages fell by 2.1% year-on-year in terms of t...
Macro Economy

The Folly of the “Consumption Tax as a Stable Revenue Source” Argument

Prime Minister Ishiba and other mainstream LDP lawmakers unf...
Macro Economy

The Ultimate Irresponsibility: When the LDP Demands “Funding Sources”

According to reports from January 2025, LDP Secretary-Genera...
Macro Economy

The Emptiness of the “Savings to Investment” Push under a High-Tax Administration

On the official Prime Minister’s Office website, a 2023 docu...
Macro Economy

My Take on the Trump Tariffs: Why Japan’s Fiscal Policy is the Real Problem

Nations worldwide are scrambling to react to the Trump admin...