that Japan has in the outside world, where their bigsuccess in positive trade balances with the automobile and technologyindustries makes them despised in the rest of the First World. Japan, like virtually all thenow successfully industrialized countries industrialized by heavy tariffs andgovernment intervention. The author is more of a free-trader but isopen-minded, one day telling me he should read more into the other side ofthe argument to see if it could convince him. Many countries now have tariffsspecifically designed for Japanese imports because of how the Japanese Stateand business work together to promote exports and protect their own internalmarkets. Of course the reason why theJapanese are so successful in exportation is not only because of governmentassistance but also the willingness to adapt their products to the tastes andlaws of other countries. While the United States seems yet not to haveunderstood that the Japanese drive on the left and continues trying to sellthem cars that have the steering wheel on the wrong place, the Japanese gocompletely out of their way if necessary to offer to foreigners a product theywill want to purchase. The Japanese are becoming morenationalistic, however, changes to the Article IX of the constitution imposedto them by the Americans is taking a long time to change. The mentioned articleforbids Japan to ever enter into wars again and, if literally interpreted, alsoto even maintain an Army at all. The Japanese did nonetheless create a smallbut well equipped Army for strict defensive purposes. It does not include asingle airplane bomber or ship larger than a light cruiser as it is notsupposed to go on offensive. Last year (2015) prime-minister Abe Shinzo made aprovision thereby the Japanese Self-Defense Forces can be used for collectiveself-defense, which means that they might intervene to help an ally in aforeign war. In the concluding chaptereleven, the book tells us that the younger generation of the Japanese at thetime was already getting a bit more relaxed since they were already born inprosperity instead of having to reconstruct their country from the ashes liketheir parents and grandparents did. What is really dangerous is the demographicbomb. The abysmal fertility rate made the population age extremely fast,whereby in Japan adult diapers sell more than infant ones. With the shrinkingworkforce and few people available to take care of the elderly Japan now livesa permanent economic recession. If something is not done immediately there willbe a point where either Japan opens the floodgates or they will be in such aweak position that any other country can conquer them. Mr. Taylor concludes by arguingthat what works for the Japanese will not work for us because it was somethingthat developed organically to fit the inclinations, desires and needs of theJapanese and can only work for their high trust society. The US of A should inits place go back to its tradition of liberty, innovation and hard work insteadof falling even further into the trap of dividing the stagnant or shrinkingeconomic pie. While this is easier said than done and there are many things inplace currently that impede this from happening like affirmative action, massThird World Immigration,