tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420606.post831410330787543110..comments2022-11-05T22:26:28.943+09:00Comments on Japan without the sugar: Deja vu all over againDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16435915677126518313noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420606.post-35015028260497034012009-12-15T12:49:33.779+09:002009-12-15T12:49:33.779+09:00Admittedly cash for clunkers wasnt spectacularly s...Admittedly cash for clunkers wasnt spectacularly succesful, but its not a bad idea in a recession, especially with failing automative companies. You are just shifting demand forward, but thats the point, to get people to purchase now rather than in the future. While many of those sales might come at expense of say next months sales, the real benefit would come from people who, because of the Young Jnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420606.post-6062667017186331192009-12-14T16:35:35.319+09:002009-12-14T16:35:35.319+09:00The program is nuts.
As I recall---I haven't...The program is nuts. <br /><br />As I recall---I haven't checked recently---it was not especially successful in the US. People who wanted new cars rushed to buy them during the initial term. Later after that period was over, sales dropped again because so many had already made their purchases. All it seems to have done (if that pattern held) was shift the time of purchase.Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16435915677126518313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420606.post-29311184627329594652009-12-14T11:22:44.349+09:002009-12-14T11:22:44.349+09:00I don't know much about cash for clunkers in J...I don't know much about cash for clunkers in Japan, but the whole program is rather ridiculous in the first place. If people hold on to old stuff, then the left over money goes into savings, which goes into investments, which goes into increasing productive capacity (where it's really desired), which ultimately gives us more stuff and cheaper prices.<br /><br />As things stand now matt at anarchyjapanhttp://www.anarchyjapan.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420606.post-14221093417444064682009-12-13T17:53:44.845+09:002009-12-13T17:53:44.845+09:00I did find and post further information on this.I did find and post further information on this.Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16435915677126518313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420606.post-63339296932258816762009-12-13T17:40:05.297+09:002009-12-13T17:40:05.297+09:00Perhaps my post and the article were unclear:
&qu...Perhaps my post and the article were unclear:<br /><br />"...since so few Detroit autos are sold in Japan, they are exempt from fuel economy certification, and only cars with that certification qualify."<br /><br />The Japanese government is not claiming that foreign autos cannot meet the standards. They have been exempt from testing. So if they have not been tested, they cannot meet Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16435915677126518313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420606.post-23297546731606720332009-12-13T13:54:39.912+09:002009-12-13T13:54:39.912+09:00Perhaps Detroit should make a car that meets certi...Perhaps Detroit should make a car that meets certification criteria.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420606.post-80302173290376443502009-12-13T08:21:10.046+09:002009-12-13T08:21:10.046+09:00They're consistent, if nothing else.They're consistent, if nothing else.Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16435915677126518313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420606.post-22375168316284764482009-12-12T17:25:48.219+09:002009-12-12T17:25:48.219+09:00Notice how Japan is asking the US to help counter ...Notice how Japan is asking the US to help counter the new "Buy China" regulation passed in Beijing? Of course, the US is busily helping the Japanese, who may be shut out of the PRC market. Detroit will find itself at the bottom of the in-box as US diplomats confer with the Japanese on how they can reopen the Chinese market.<br /><br />Americans are dunces of the first order!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com