A friend just directed me to a Financial Times article that had some harsh words for Japanese trade policy. The article, entitled “Truth Behind Japan’s Free and Open Market,” takes Hyundai as an example of a company that should have succeeded in the Japanese market, but was forced to withdraw for a few reasons. The author seems aroused with righteous indignation at the idea that a Korean auto manufacturer could fail in Japan, and he attacks Japan for betraying the free market ethic. Pretending I don’t know that his first book attacked Japan for the same thing back in 1993 and that his most recent book urges American to abandon the religion of free trade, I’d like to talk about this.
Couple things.
Okay, that one doesn’t count. The Great Train Robbery (1903) can be found on YouTube. If you have ten minutes and want to watch a classic Western, have at it. My twenty begin here, in alphabetical order.
