Interview with Chosun Biz
If your Korean language skills are good, check out my interview with the Chosun Biz newspaper. If your Koren skills are not good, I am the third picture down form the top.
Japan
Abenomics
See my piece on Abenomics (click on expert view in right hand column) in the Sage Business Research’s Doing Business with Japan (subscription required after October 19).
On low probability-high cost events
Earthquakes, tsunamis, and nuclear accidents are low probability-high cost events. So are financial crises. There is nothing we can do to prevent earthquakes and tsunamis. Sure, with improving technology, we are sometimes able to get a bit of advance warning. And we can design structures that are more resistant to natural disasters. For the most … Read more
Japanese tragedy
The tragedy unfolding in Japan at the moment is of unfathomable proportions. Natural disasters, nuclear disasters, and a great deal of worry that the worst is not yet passed. This is, of course, not the first time Japan has been rocked by a devastating natural disaster. The Great Kanto Earthquake, a severe quake of 7.9 … Read more