Japan govt looks to great depression for econ fix

ARTICLE - More than a decade of economic stagnation, marked by financial crisis and deflation that brings the economy to its knees. Then, remarkably, a rapid recovery after a debt-buying binge by the central bank.

Originally from Dow Jones

That was Japan in the Great Depression. Now, some policymakers, dusting off their history books, think history may offer a cure for the nation's current economic mess.

Nobody predicts for now that the Bank of Japan is about to embark on a debt-monetization as it

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