Richard Katz

Trade Sep 15, 2017 Snapshot

Trump Retreats on Korean Trade

Trump dropped the plan to withdraw from KORUS—at least for now.

Richard Katz

Donald Trump speaks during an interview in the Oval Office, April 2017.

Trump Administration Feb 16, 2017 Snapshot

Trump and Japan

Goodwill between Trump and Abe won't last for long.

Richard Katz

U.S. President Donald Trump Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) and his wife Akie Abe (L) leave after posing for a photograph before attending dinner at Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., February 11, 2017.

Trade Sep 21, 2016 Snapshot

Trading Down

The United States may be on the verge of walking away from a trade pact, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), that it virtually wrote.

Richard Katz

A congressional trade delegation, led by Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, meets with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, February 2015.

Trade Oct 7, 2015 Snapshot

Free Trade and the TPP

In a surprising development, it is Congressional Republicans and a few of their business allies that now pose the biggest threat to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)...

Richard Katz

Containers at Container Terminal 9 during sunset at Hong Kong's Kwai Chung district, September 7, 2012.

Economic Development Nov 20, 2014 Postscript

Zombie Abenomics

Abe’s economic revival is hardly going as planned. A consumption tax hike that he introduced in April triggered a recession over the following six months, prompting...

Richard Katz

A foreign exchange trading company in Tokyo, November 12, 2014.

Economics July/August 2014 Essay

Voodoo Abenomics

Shinzo Abe is trying to restore Japanese consumer confidence by boosting inflation. But confidence must rest on something more substantive: meaningful structural...

Richard Katz

Economic Development Dec 30, 2013 Postscript

Why Chinese-Japanese Economic Relations Are Improving

When it comes to Japan, China seems torn. On security issues, it is increasingly hawkish. But on economic ties -- from Japanese imports to Japanese investments -- it...

Richard Katz

Economics January/February 2014 Response

Blind Oracle

A Response to "Never Saw It Coming"

Richard Katz

Economics July/August 2013 Comment

Paywall-Free

Mutual Assured Production

Tensions between China and Japan are rising, but an economic version of mutual deterrence is preserving the uneasy status quo. Put simply, China needs to buy Japanese...

Richard Katz

A Chinese protester holds a banner with the message of

Economics November/December 2011 Response

Manufacturing Globalization

Is globalization to blame for rising unemployment and income inequality in the United States? Richard Katz and Robert Lawrence argue that other factors are at fault....

Richard Katz; Robert Z. Lawrence; Michael Spence

Economics May/June 2009 Response

Comparing Crises

Does the current financial crisis resemble Japan's "lost decade" of the 1990s? It may be even worse, argues Robert Madsen. Not so, replies Richard Katz.

Robert Madsen; Richard Katz

Economics March/April 2009 Comment

The Japan Fallacy

The financial crisis of 2008 is not a replay of Japan’s “lost decade” of the 1990s. The current crisis is the result of correctable policy mistakes rather than deep...

Richard Katz

Politics & Society Aug 1, 2007 Postscript

What Next for Japan?

Richard Katz and Peter Ennis's update to their March/April 2007 essay "How Able Is Abe?"

Richard Katz and Peter Ennis

Japan March/April 2007 Essay

How Able Is Abe?

Shinzo Abe has had a tough act to follow since succeeding the charismatic Junichiro Koizumi as Japan's prime minister. Abe has already shown himself to be adept in the...

Richard Katz and Peter Ennis

Economics January/February 2003 Essay

Japan's Phoenix Economy

It is hard to be optimistic about Japan's economy, given that Tokyo has already frittered away a decade. But a corner has been turned. The Japanese people increasingly...

Richard Katz

Richard Katz

Trump Retreats on Korean Trade

Trump and Japan

Trading Down

Free Trade and the TPP

Zombie Abenomics

Voodoo Abenomics

Why Chinese-Japanese Economic Relations Are Improving

Blind Oracle

Mutual Assured Production

Manufacturing Globalization

Comparing Crises

The Japan Fallacy

What Next for Japan?

How Able Is Abe?

Japan's Phoenix Economy

A U.S. Military Intervention in Venezuela Would Be a Disaster

A U.S. Military Intervention in Venezuela Would Be a Disaster

Corruption Denies Millions Access to Quality Education in Nigeria

Brexit, Voice, and Loyalty: Britain’s Torturous EU Exit and the Dilemmas of National Sovereignty

The Link Between Foreign Languages and U.S. National Security

Aung San Suu Kyi’s Major Speech on Rakhine State

Creating a State Department Office for American State and Local Diplomacy

The Global Cost of the Eurozone’s 2012 Fiscal Coordination Failure

Publications

U.S. Gun Policy: Global Comparisons

The U.S. Immigration Debate

The Rohingya Crisis