Hay un país que al parecer está rompiendo con la ortodoxia y, sorprendentemente, ese país es Japón. Según un artículo reciente, "el Gobierno japonés ha aprobado medidas de estímulo urgentes que contemplan un gasto de 10,3 billones de yenes, como parte de un esfuerzo agresivo por parte del primer ministro Shinzo Abe para impulsar el crecimiento en una economía que lleva tiempo moribunda."
By the 1980s most of the useful projects had been built. Then the government began funding unnecessary projects to provide employment in rural areas, where political power is proportionally higher than in urban areas, and provided contracts to construction companies the provide support and kickbacks to the ruling political party.
In the 1990s, the government turned to public works projects as a way of spending Japan out of recession, a Keynsian strategy that did not work. A total of 163 public corporations spent $50 billion a year of the taxpayers money and sucked up 40 percent of the national budget, with construction accounting for 9 percent Japan's GNP, compared 1 percent in the United States and 5 percent in Europe.
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Japón lleva enamorado del cemento (con todo lo que ello implica, polideportivos en cada pueblo y museos vacíos por todo el país incluídos) desde los años 60.
http://factsanddetails.com/japan.php?itemid=842&catid=23
By the 1980s most of the useful projects had been built. Then the government began funding unnecessary projects to provide employment in rural areas, where political power is proportionally higher than in urban areas, and provided contracts to construction companies the provide support and kickbacks to the ruling political party.
In the 1990s, the government turned to public works projects as a way of spending Japan out of recession, a Keynsian strategy that did not work. A total of 163 public corporations spent $50 billion a year of the taxpayers money and sucked up 40 percent of the national budget, with construction accounting for 9 percent Japan's GNP, compared 1 percent in the United States and 5 percent in Europe.
Recomiendo el libro "Dogs and Demons" de Alex Kerr para más información acerca del sistema japonés de amakudari y cómo estos compadreos están destrozando la campiña.
http://www.alex-kerr.com/html/dogs___demons__english_.html
#3 Ja ja jota
Recomiendo ver el documental Pom poko que en el '94 ya hablaba del tema.
#2 I see what you did there