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Takatoshi Ito

Takatoshi Ito

Writing for PS since 2010
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Takatoshi Ito, a former Japanese deputy vice minister of finance, is a professor at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University and a senior professor at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies in Tokyo.

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  1. Whither the G20?
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    Whither the G20?

    Sep 21, 2023 Takatoshi Ito sees the grouping as increasingly divided between friends of the G7 and friends of China and Russia.

  2. Is Japan-style Deflation Coming to China?
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    Is Japan-style Deflation Coming to China?

    Aug 23, 2023 Takatoshi Ito foresees an extended period of stagnation triggered by a property-bubble collapse.

  3. How Should Japan Respond to Inflation?
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    How Should Japan Respond to Inflation?

    Jul 25, 2023 Takatoshi Ito considers the risks and potential benefits of recent price increases in a country long beset by deflation.

  4. The Will, but Not the Way, to Increase Japan’s Defense Budget
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    The Will, but Not the Way, to Increase Japan’s Defense Budget

    Jun 30, 2023 Takatoshi Ito lauds the decision to increase spending, but notes the lack of agreement on how to pay for it.

  5. What Did the Hiroshima G7 Summit Accomplish?
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    What Did the Hiroshima G7 Summit Accomplish?

    May 23, 2023 Takatoshi Ito says it achieved quite a lot, both for the world and for Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.

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    Whither the G20?

    Takatoshi Ito

    Following the latest G20 summit, the G7 should be thinking seriously about deepening its own ties with more non-aligned countries. If the Ukraine war drags on, and if China continues to threaten to take Taiwan by force, the G20 will be split between friends of the BRICS and friends of the G7.

     sees the grouping as increasingly divided between friends of the G7 and friends of China and Russia.
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    Making the Most of Africa’s Strategic Green Minerals

    Marit Kitaw explains how the continent can move beyond resource extraction to build green industry.
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    America Must Join Europe’s Climate Club

    Gary Yohe & Roger Kuhns urge US policymakers to create a carbon-pricing policy in line with the bloc’s emissions-reduction plan.
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    Measuring Corruption in China

    Yongheng Deng & Shang-Jin Wei outline a novel approach to assessing the extent and scope of the country's graft problem.
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    To Protect Democracy, Revive Local Journalism

    Laura Tyson & Lenny Mendonca identify promising new models and philanthropic initiatives geared toward supporting independent media.
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    How to Achieve Universal Cancer Care

    Sonali Johnson urges governments worldwide to include the disease in national health-insurance schemes.
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    What Climate Finance Needs

    Nouriel Roubini & Reza Bundy

    To prevent catastrophic climate change and accelerate the global transition to a net-zero economy, policymakers and asset owners urgently need to rethink how we channel capital at scale. The key is to develop new financial instruments that are profitable, liquid, and easily accessible to savers and investors globally.

     explain what it will take to channel private capital and savings toward sustainable development.
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    Down on the Biden Economy

    James K. Galbraith thinks the failure of wages to keep up with inflation explains much of the public’s dour mood.
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    The Dollar’s Full-Spectrum Dominance

    Carla Norrlöf foresees the greenback’s continued global hegemony owing to network effects and opportunism.

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