"The Cold War is over, and Japan and Germany have won,"
- Senator Paul Tsongas, 1992
Japan became so arrogant in the late 1980s because it really believed it was immune from the natural laws of the marketplace. This really was one of the most astonishing acts of mass delusion ever, and future histori…
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