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Title: Fingleton's track record has held up well
Review: The two "negative" reviews of this book are peculiar. This is the paperback version of a hardcover book, published with a different title -- not an uncommon practice in publishing. The complaint of the reviewers is that the contents are the same as the hardcover original! Well, yes, that's the point of a reprint.More substantively, the author has earned a hearing through his decades-long reporting from Japan and his stubborn, well-documented contrarian outlook. For instance, he shows beyond question that during the long years of Japan's "collapse," its advanced manufacturing sector continued to grow -- in technological sophistication, and in world market share. Judge for yourself after reading, but look past the negative reviews. DISCLOSURE: I am a friend of the author's but am writing because I feel he deserves a hearing.
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