Self-deception ultimately explains Japan's plight. The Japanese have never accepted that change is in their interest - and not merely a response to U.S. criticism.

Quote by Paul A Samuelson

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Politicians like to tell people what they want to hear - and what they want...

Politicians like to tell people what they want to hear - and what they want...

Companies are not charitable enterprises: They hire workers to make profits. In the United States,...

Companies are not charitable enterprises: They hire workers to make profits. In the United States,...

Sooner or later the Internet will become profitable. It's an old story played before by...

Sooner or later the Internet will become profitable. It's an old story played before by...

Globalization presumes sustained economic growth. Otherwise, the process loses its economic benefits and political support.

Globalization presumes sustained economic growth. Otherwise, the process loses its economic benefits and political support.

Funeral by funeral, theory advances

Funeral by funeral, theory advances

The problem is no longer that with every pair of hands that comes into the...

The problem is no longer that with every pair of hands that comes into the...

Economics has never been a science - and it is even less now than a...

Economics has never been a science - and it is even less now than a...

If our aim is to praise, we should forget to criticize; if our aim is...

If our aim is to praise, we should forget to criticize; if our aim is...

If critics have problems with my personal life, it's their problem. Anybody with half a...

If critics have problems with my personal life, it's their problem. Anybody with half a...

I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being...

I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being...

If you have no critics you'll likely have no success.

If you have no critics you'll likely have no success.

Creationist critics often charge that evolution cannot be tested, and therefore cannot be viewed as...

Creationist critics often charge that evolution cannot be tested, and therefore cannot be viewed as...

A true critic ought to dwell upon excellencies rather than imperfections, to discover the concealed...

A true critic ought to dwell upon excellencies rather than imperfections, to discover the concealed...

The most vigilant self-criticism of course is necessary, but the time comes when the artist...

The most vigilant self-criticism of course is necessary, but the time comes when the artist...

The lot of critics is to be remembered by what they failed to understand.

The lot of critics is to be remembered by what they failed to understand.

I would have carved on the portals of the National Press Club, Put not your...

I would have carved on the portals of the National Press Club, Put not your...

He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.

He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.

One gets tired of the role critics are supposed to have in this culture: It's...

One gets tired of the role critics are supposed to have in this culture: It's...

What the public criticizes in you, cultivate. It is you.

What the public criticizes in you, cultivate. It is you.

The artist doesn't have time to listen to the critics. The ones who want to...

The artist doesn't have time to listen to the critics. The ones who want to...