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• [1] Peter in New York City from New York City August 17, 2009 - 12:18PM

  Mr. Schuman's history of Japan's growth seems to leave out the U.S. role in using Japan's industry to fight the Korean Warin the early 1950's. Am I right in recalling this fact?

  
  
• [2] ebun from fort greene August 17, 2009 - 12:19PM

  Since the Karetsu's (sp) prevented internal free competition in Japan, they also prevented free competition from outsiders? arent the MITI and the keretsu's a violation of free trade? If so was a case ever brought by the US against them

  
  
• [3] Jgarbuz from Queens, NY August 17, 2009 - 12:21PM

  One point your guest has not yet mentioned was the role of PIRACY of intellectual property in the rise of Asia, and a more important point, the fall of communism and socialism.

  Regarding piracy, I well remember the vast "knocking off" of jeans, computers and software back in 1980s, while the US turned a blind eye - presumably to allow those countries to strengthen after our withdrawal from Vietnam. We wanted the "Asian tigers" to get prosperous to stem the communist push. But when we succeeded in bringing down the Communist bloc, and with the rapid move away from Socialism in India, we freed half the world's population from slavery and turned them into capitalists and competitive workers.

  
  
• [4] Taher from Croton on Hudson August 17, 2009 - 12:24PM

  I am just about throw out another short-lived junk product bought at Home Depot and made in China. Asia keeps on giving.

  
  
• [5] kai from NJ-NYC August 17, 2009 - 12:25PM

  Being that East Asian economies continue to grow and become more developed, I pose this question:

  Does Mr. Schuman think that there might be a more regional or counter-balanced form of international capitalism as opposed to a convergent form of global capitalism that seemed to be appearing during the 1990s and early 2000s?

  
  
• [6] hjs from 11211 August 17, 2009 - 02:54PM

  Taher

  fool me once....