[AmericaUnited]

Oh, is that why Japan has been in a 14 year depression?

[lelio]

Oh, is that why Japan has been in a 14 year depression?

Depression? You mean like people living in shacks in the park, like our Great Depression? Or are you just referring to their stock market?

[oceanview]

one big reason Japan is in that depression because china is taking their key manufacturing industries like consumer electronics (and soon, autos). who is going to knock off china? who can make it cheaper then china? africa maybe, you think they have a shot at organizing a pool of labor for 21st century manufacturing?

china is the finish line in the race to the bottom.