“What happens to the social fabric of an advanced-economy nation after a decade or more of economic stagnation? For an answer, we can turn to Japan. The second-largest economy in the world has stagnated in just this fashion for almost twenty years, and the consequences for the ‘lost generations’ which have come of age in the ‘lost decades’ have been dire. In many ways, the social conventions of Japan are fraying or unraveling under the relentless pressure of an economy in seemingly permanent decline.”
http://charleshughsmith.blogspot.com/2013/08/americas-social-recession-five-years.html
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