Megan murphy. Lets talk about a story in japan. This is interesting because there is quite a bit of potential turnover and tension within the political structure in japan. Shinzo abe, the Prime Minister of japan, is a man of personal fascination to me only because i think people still underestimate the scale of the challenges facing him economically and demographically. She has one of the biggest problems in japanese politics, which has traditionally been accusations of cronyism and corruption. It got a lot steeper. We can overemphasize how steep the economic challenge has been. He is famous for his three errors. He has reduced unemployment, but low deflation and persistently low inflation continues to hobble the japanese economy, which has demographics tremendously unfavorable in terms of its elderly population. It takes a Social Security bill to take care of them as they get older. They faced tremendous challenges on that, and things he have tried to jolt the economy have been uneven
Megan murphy. Lets talk about a story in japan. This is interesting because there is quite a bit of potential turnover and tension within the political structure in japan. Shinzo abe, the Prime Minister of japan, is a man of personal fascination to me only because i think people still underestimate the scale of the challenges facing him economically and demographically. She has one of the biggest problems in japanese politics, which has traditionally been accusations of cronyism and corruption. It got a lot steeper. We can overemphasize how steep the economic challenge has been. He is famous for his three errors. He has reduced unemployment, but low deflation and persistently low inflation continues to hobble the japanese economy, which has demographics tremendously unfavorable in terms of its elderly population. It takes a Social Security bill to take care of them as they get older. They faced tremendous challenges on that, and things he have tried to jolt the economy have been uneven
Within the political structure. Shinzo abe, the Prime Minister of japan, people underestimate the challenges facing him. Accusations of corruption, the battle just got steeper. We cant overemphasize how steep the economic challenge has been. He is famous for his three arrows he has reduced unemployment, but low deflation and low inflation continues to hobble the japanese economy which as you know depends on an elder situation that creates a Social Security bill. To take care of those people as they get older. Is facing challenges on that. Things he has done to jolt the economy have proven very uneven in terms of their impact. Now he is an issue where, this cronyism, this school that was connected to his wife, other people in his cabinet have done things that have caused scrutiny. He has jettisoned some of them. The underlying challenge is, can he marshall his forces in a way to continue this relentless focus on the economy . The defense issue is another issue with japan. There is treme
Within the political structure. Shinzo abe, the Prime Minister of japan, people underestimate the challenges facing him. Accusations of corruption, the battle just got steeper. We cant overemphasize how steep the economic challenge has been. He is famous for his three arrows he has reduced unemployment, but low deflation and low inflation continues to hobble the japanese economy which as you know depends on an elder situation that creates a Social Security bill. To take care of those people as they get older. Is facing challenges on that. Things he has done to jolt the economy have proven very uneven in terms of their impact. Now he is an issue where, this cronyism, this school that was connected to his wife, other people in his cabinet have done things that have caused scrutiny. He has jettisoned some of them. The underlying challenge is, can he marshall his forces in a way to continue this relentless focus on the economy . The defense issue is another issue with japan. There is treme
Inspired the. Host its not very usual as we both kn host its not very usual as we both know for secular elite liberal east coast journalists to talk about their faith. You talk about it the way george bush and jimmy carter did and its kind of offputting to a lot of people that are atheist or agnostic and who are how have you found the reaction to talking so openly . Guest i wouldnt accept the liberal label that you gave me. I am talking about the journalist crowd. Guest i havent gotten that reaction at all. There might be people that are not used to it. I am not walking down the halls with it but i think people were respectful of it and i guess i think you are right to talk about this very openly its something that takes people a back either because its not their think they are not people of faith or they think that its culturally anathema to speak of faith so openly. And i dont think that that is the case. Im still a journalist and i understand what that means that theres a lot of peo