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January 25, 2013

Paul Krugman's Worn-Out Ideas for Japan

William Pesek, Bloomberg

PBS

Let's get over this honeymoon for Japan's new prime minister, Shinzo Abe, and do a reality check on his idea that the economy is about to boom now that voters have returned him to office.

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