Quote Originally Posted by mugofbeer View Post
Japan has a stagnant and aging population which is much of why their economy is stagnant.
People focus on one or two things and blame the problems on that rather than fully understanding how all the factors influence each other. Mal-informed and uneducated (on economics) politicians tend to do the same. Aging populations, birth rates, immigration policies, money supply, savings rates, gdp growth, efficiency, r&d investment, tax policies, etc, etc, etc all are significant factors. It is fruitless to blame one without acknowledging the full effect of the other factors and their interdependencies. It is a complex issue that many skew to try to prove out their pet peeve or political bias.