Ep. 125: Mushrooming Debt, Crashing Population: the Spread of "Japanification"

About this episode

Julia Cartwright discusses the economic challenges facing Japan and warns of similar issues in Europe and Asia.

Julia Cartwright is a Senior Researcher with the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER). She joins Murphy to diagnose the demographic, fiscal, and monetary quagmire of Japan, and warns that other countries in Europe and Asia are sinking into the same abyss. Watch the video version of this episode here: https://youtu.be/NB48N4kZyvQ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/3XXfmGS Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/infineogroup Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/infineogroup Learn more about Infineo at: https://www.infineo.io Audio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com

People in this episode

Host: Murphy

Guest: Julia Cartwright

Topics covered

• demographics
• fiscal policy
• monetary policy
• Japanification
• economic research
• global trends

Keywords

• Japanification
• debt
• population decline
• economic crisis
• fiscal policy
• monetary policy
• demographics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: American Institute for Economic Research, Infineo, Podsworth Media

Places: Japan, Europe, Asia

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