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...Policymakers have failed to match increased job insecurity with a corresponding expansion of social welfare. It's true that Japan's public debt is approaching 200% of GDP - the highest among developed countries - which limits the government's options. Still, the state must deepen the social safety net to better cover the underserved: young workers and families. This will help reverse the population decline, rebalance growth toward domestic demand and remove the need to mitigate unemployment by propping up inefficient companies and farms. Japanese citizens will have to make sacrifices - they may have to pay more taxes, for example...
...Given its population size, the day China's per capita GDP is on par with that of the U.S. will be the day that this world collapses, due to depleted natural resources and accelerated global warming. These nations must take active steps toward reducing the effects of their commendable growth within the next 20 years or so. What's the point in getting rich if there is no world left to sustain your life, let alone enjoying your new gains? Yes, China can indeed help save the world: by not walking the same mistaken path that the supposed First World...
...association after seeing a cascade of responses to a single Internet forum post lamenting such abuse. Though Generation Precarious only has 10 full-time members, its demonstrations, advertised over e-mail and via social media sites, attract hundreds. Two years of protests pushed the government to decree that companies must pay interns who work longer than three months, or who have their internship renewed. (Read: "The Protests in France Get Personal...
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...Myth About Exercise" [Aug. 17]: I must take issue with some of the points portrayed as fact. Numerous studies have shown that exercise is indeed central to an effective weight-loss program. The key concept is a simple equation of energy balance: calories expended throughout the day must exceed calories consumed as food. And contrary to the data selected for your article, studies have shown that most exercisers are not uncontrollably hungry after a workout. We strongly encourage reporting that portrays both sides of an issue so readers can decide for themselves--instead of being led down a potentially harmful...