Skip to main content

Koichi Hamada

Koichi Hamada

Writing for PS since 2013
60 commentaries

Koichi Hamada, Professor Emeritus at Yale University, was a special adviser to former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzō.

Sort by: Show:
  1. Why a Global Recession Is Unlikely
    hamada60_Spencer PlattGetty Images_NYSE Spencer Platt/Getty Images

    Why a Global Recession Is Unlikely

    Sep 6, 2023 Koichi Hamada explains why consensus predictions of a worldwide economic downturn this year have not weathered well.

  2. Abe Shinzō, We Hardly Knew You
    hamada59_STEPHANE DE SAKUTINAFP via Getty Images_abeart Stephane de Sakutin/AFP via Getty Images

    Abe Shinzō, We Hardly Knew You

    Jul 7, 2023 Koichi Hamada highlights the surprising breadth and intensity of the late leader’s engagement with the arts.

  3. Japan’s Giant of Central Banking
    hamada58_YOSHIKAZU TSUNOAFP via Getty Images_kuroda Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP via Getty Images

    Japan’s Giant of Central Banking

    May 5, 2023 Koichi Hamada pays homage to Haruhiko Kuroda following the end of Kuroda's ten-year tenure as governor of the Bank of Japan.

  4. Should Japan Have a Nuclear-Sharing Agreement?
    hamada57_Takashi AoyamaGetty Images_military japan Takashi Aoyama/Getty Images

    Should Japan Have a Nuclear-Sharing Agreement?

    Mar 15, 2023 Koichi Hamada argues that the country’s increasingly fraught security environment demands a stronger deterrent.

  5. Barbarians at Democracy’s Gates
    hamada56_Samuel CorumGetty Images_uscapitolriot Samuel Corum/Getty Images

    Barbarians at Democracy’s Gates

    Jan 2, 2023 Koichi Hamada hopes that acts of political violence in the US and Japan will inspire a more robust defense of progress.

Follow Koichi Hamada

Never miss a commentary by Koichi Hamada

  1. mueller47_VLADIMIR SIMICEKAFP via Getty Images_robertfico Vladimir Simicek/AFP via Getty Images

    Democracies Are Not “Backsliding”

    Jan-Werner Mueller thinks the language commonly used to describe the shift toward authoritarianism is hampering solutions.
  2. varoufakis107_Thomas LohnesGetty Images_christinelagarde Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images

    Christine Lagarde’s Gifts to Populists

    Yanis Varoufakis worries that the European Central Bank's blunders have revived the far right's political fortunes.
  3. rodrik213_James WakibiaSOPA ImagesLightRocket via Getty Images_kenyasolar James Wakibia/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

    Bridging the Climate-Development Gap

    Dani Rodrik & Ishac Diwan explain how to free up fiscal space for sustainable development in many low- and middle-income countries.
  4. sheng141_XinhuaMao Siqian via Getty Images_hong kong Xinhua/Mao Siqian via Getty Images

    Lower Transaction Costs for Greater Innovation

    Andrew Sheng & Xiao Geng highlight the link between access to global markets and investment in research and development.
  5. Ashoka_Say-More_Ghersi-via-GettyRF

    Ashoka Mody on Indian corruption, growth, jobs, and more

    Ashoka Mody explains the roots of the lack of accountability in India, highlights shortcomings in human capital and gender equality, casts doubt on the country’s ability to assume a Chinese-style role in manufacturing, and more.
  6. chowdhury1_BIJU BOROAFP via Getty Images_india flooding BIJU BORO/AFP via Getty Images

    Why India’s Women Are More Vulnerable to Disasters

    Joyita Roy Chowdhury & Prarthna Agarwal Goel call attention to gender inequalities that exacerbate the effects of floods and other natural catastrophes.
  7. spence164_Thierry MonasseGetty Images_eu integration Thierry Monasse/Getty Images

    Europe in the Age of Industrial Policy

    Michael Spence

    While China and the US take advantage of scale to pursue large-scale investment in critical sectors, the EU struggles to follow suit, owing to its decentralized fiscal structures and rules limiting government subsidies to industry. A new EU-level investment program is urgently needed.

    advocates a federal investment program, funded by EU sovereign-debt issuance and administered centrally.
  8. brown99_Elke ScholiersGetty Images_g20 Elke Scholiers/Getty Images

    Fixing Global Governance

    Gordon Brown explains how to make the G20 and the Bretton Woods institutions fit for purpose once again.
  9. stark9_DANIEL ROLANDAFP via Getty Images_ecb DANIEL ROLAND/AFP via Getty Images

    The EU Needs Fiscal Union

    Lucrezia Reichlin laments the pro-cyclical bent of the European Commission’s proposed reforms to fiscal rules.

Edit Newsletter Preferences

Set up Notification

To receive email updates regarding this {entity_type}, please enter your email below.

If you are not already registered, this will create a PS account for you. You should receive an activation email shortly.