Financial Times (December 17)
“Shinzo Abe has been given a second chance. He should count himself lucky. Nothing in his first, truncated term merits another spell at the helm of the world’s third-biggest economy.” By focusing on the economy and acting to end deflation, Mr. Abe can “seize what looks like a rare opportunity.”“Shinzo Abe has been given a second chance. He should count himself lucky. Nothing in his first, truncated term merits another spell at the helm of the world’s third-biggest economy.” By focusing on the economy and acting to end deflation, Mr. Abe can “seize what looks like a rare opportunity.”
Tags: Deflation, Economy, Japan, Opportunity, Shinzo Abe
The Economist (December 15)
“Thankfully, North Korea is still a long way from putting nuclear warheads on a missile. It has between six and 12 nuclear devices, but they may not be small enough to put on a rocket. The technology relies on liquid fuel, which makes preparations for a launch both more hazardous and easier to spot than solid fuel. Above all, shooting a rocket up is one thing; mastering the re-entry technology that a military ballistic missile requires is quite another.”
Tags: Missile, North Korea, Nuclear warheads, Re-entry, Technology