At the same time as in Japan the core of the nuclear plant of Fukushima is melting, German and Swiss right wing politician’s positions concerning nuclear energy are faltering. It is close to revolutionary that one of the leading newspaper publishes an article speaking of significant externalized (unaccounted) costs of nuclear power, hidden public subsidies…
Tag Archive: Japan
Living standard – Taiwan moves past Japan
Since the golden 60′s, 70′s and 80′, Japan is stagnating. The population is rapidly shrinking, the economy, despite huge state interventions, is sluggish, prices are decreasing and consumers postponing purchases. In 2010, Japan – contrary to the expectation only 20 years before, to taking over number one from the US – was overtaken by China…
Japan – Bureaucrats Are To Publicly Defend Their Budgets
Japan’s bureaucrats are very powerful. Contrary to changing governments, they safely stay in their jobs for decades and have more than enough time to network and to make sure their budgets, pensions and lucrative allocations are safe. Politicians rely on a good standing with the administration if they want to achieve anything and utterly fail…
Japan – Gas Guzzlers Subsidized as Energy-Efficient Cars
Cash for clunker programs are now being phased out in Europe and the US. Maybe this is the reason why Japan – whose manufacturers of small cars particularly benefitted from such incentives – is now starting its own cash-back program. Buying efficient new cars is subsidized with almost 3000 US$. In the program’s terms, efficiency…
