Japan and the Growth-Equity-Small Government Impossible Triangle

Jun Saito is a Senior Research Fellow at the Japan Center for Economic Research. He studied economics at the University of Tokyo and obtained an M.Phil. in Economics from the University of Oxford. He was a government economist at the Economic Planning Agency and the Cabinet Office, where he served as the Director-General of the Economic Research Bureau from 2007-12. During that time, he also worked as an economist at the International Monetary Fund and at the Japan Center for Economic Research. He has held various university posts, including Project Professor, Graduate School of Business and Commerce, Keio University (2012-17), and Visiting Professor, Department of Economics and Business, International Christian University (2016-21).

• a) Preface b) List of Abbreviations 1)How Unequal is Japan? 2) Why is Inequality Widening? 3) How Has Globalization Taken Place in Japan? 4) How Has Innovation Taken Place in Japan? 5) What is the Problem with Japan’s Economic System? 6) How is Aging and Shrinking Population Affecting the Japanese Economy? 7) Wouldn’t Pursuing Growth Widen Inequality? 8) Why Should Japan Address Inequality, and How Can It? 9) What Kind of a Welfare State Should Japan be? 10) What Should Japan Do from Here? C) Index