adm_kenshin said...

adm_kenshin at 01:52 PM JST - 2nd October

Well, Madrid wont get it, as London will have 2012, and the main reason people say Tokyo wont get it is that the 2008 games were in Asia. Unless, of course, that wasnt the reason at all ;).

Chicago shouldnt have it either, the US has already hosted olympics at…

Posted in 2016 Olympic race too close to call ahead of vote at 01:52 PM JST - 2nd October
adm_kenshin at 02:19 PM JST - 30th September

memyselfi: Waste is a requirement of Capitalism, the system doesn't work without it.

Posted in Shop managers sue Seven-Eleven over ban on discount sales at 02:19 PM JST - 30th September
adm_kenshin at 01:47 PM JST - 16th September

It's interesting to see just how many problems would disappear if we stopped using money.

Posted in Low-income bachelors victims of widening 'sex gap' at 01:47 PM JST - 16th September
adm_kenshin at 11:04 PM JST - 7th September

Monoflow, I agree with you, but what do you suggest to use instead? Democracy is not an economic system, as you know.

Posted in Hatoyama backs fiscal regulation; says he's not turning to socialism at 11:04 PM JST - 7th September
adm_kenshin at 05:09 PM JST - 6th September

GJ: His policies, as far as I can see, is only temporary measures at best. As you say, Capitalism (in the US) ended with the great depression, for reasons that anyone even remotely knowledgeable about supply and demand should be able to figure out.

Japans 'exportism' is dependent on the…

Posted in Hatoyama backs fiscal regulation; says he's not turning to socialism at 05:09 PM JST - 6th September
adm_kenshin at 06:30 PM JST - 5th September

Bamboohat: Actually you are wrong here. Redistribution of wealth is a necessity to keep the economy going. This is because the purchasing power of the consumers is drained, as money is funneled into savings and corporate profit. This money was traditionally invested into new factories, but nowadays we have enough…

Posted in Hatoyama backs fiscal regulation; says he's not turning to socialism at 06:30 PM JST - 5th September
adm_kenshin at 06:46 PM JST - 4th September

jbro888: Fiat money is not naturally scarce, but it is kept artificially scarce. The central banks CAN make it abundant, yes, but if they do, the result is hyperinflation. The money will lose its value.

So to summarize: Gold is naturally scarce Fiat is artificially scarce

Posted in Some wonder if Japan's new leaders have economic vision at 06:46 PM JST - 4th September
adm_kenshin at 04:35 PM JST - 4th September

tkoind2, it is not only the 'right thing' to change the system, it is necessary. Measures to prop up the system will only have temporary successes, until we have another depression.

First, however, Hatoyama & Co must decide what the goal of the economy should be. Is it a sustainable…

Posted in Some wonder if Japan's new leaders have economic vision at 04:35 PM JST - 4th September
adm_kenshin at 12:39 PM JST - 3rd September

Obama may be trying to make things happen, but as he is a member of an established party, he does not hold full control over his own congressmen and senators. Either that or he isn't trying to change things too much.

Hatoyama is the leader of the DPJ, a party…

Posted in Hatoyama tells Obama alliance is foundation of Japan's foreign policy at 12:39 PM JST - 3rd September
adm_kenshin at 06:52 PM JST - 2nd September

All of those who are against massive deficit spending: Do you have an alternative that doesn't imply radical reduction of people's living standard?

For those of you suggesting that unemployed should be retrained: retrained for what? There are not enough new jobs to soak up the unemployment, without government creating…

Posted in Calls already coming in for fast action after DPJ sweeps LDP out of power at 06:52 PM JST - 2nd September