Koichi Hamada

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Koichi Hamada is Professor Emeritus at Yale University and a special adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

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The Right Way to Finance Disaster Recovery
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The Right Way to Finance Disaster Recovery

Oct 30, 2019 Koichi Hamada refutes the argument that Japan should use tax hikes to fund its response to catastrophes like Typhoon Hagibis.

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More Than a Trade War
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More Than a Trade War

Aug 29, 2019 Koichi Hamada explains why insecurity, not rationality, best explains the escalating conflict between the US and China.

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Does Japan Vindicate Modern Monetary Theory?
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Does Japan Vindicate Modern Monetary Theory?

Jul 1, 2019 Koichi Hamada questions using the country as proof that countries with their own currency can run unlimited debt.

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The International Economic Policy Game
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The International Economic Policy Game

Apr 22, 2019 Koichi Hamada considers the balance between competition and cooperation that should characterize trade and monetary policy.

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Has Monetary Easing Really Run Its Course?
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Has Monetary Easing Really Run Its Course?

Feb 27, 2019 Koichi Hamada argues that reversing expansionary policies too quickly is riskier than maintaining them for too long.

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Helmut K. Anheier

In 1995, the sociologist Ralf Dahrendorf argued that developed countries’ “overriding task” for the subsequent decade was to "square the circle of wealth creation, social cohesion, and political freedom.” More than two decades later, most have not even attempted that feat.

Impeachment and the Wider World

Carl Bildt

As with the proceedings against former US Presidents Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton, the impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump is ultimately a domestic political issue that will be decided in the US Congress. But, unlike those earlier cases, the Ukraine scandal threatens to jam up the entire machinery of US foreign policy.