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December 24, 2012

'Abenomics' Is Dangerous Print and Spend

Kevin Rafferty, Japan Times

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Abe and Japan must beware that the smack of firm government takes the country on the right, not the wrong, road, or it could lead to a bigger mess that Japan can ill afford. It is important that the media, academics, business and political leaders scrutinize Abe's policies carefully and constructively to ask where his road is leading the country.

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TAGGED: LDP, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), Shinzo Abe, Japan

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