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href="/web/20150905215943/http://asia.nikkei.com/Viewpoints/Economeister/China-s-financial-crisis-hinges-on-good-equilibrium">China's financial crisis hinges on 'good equilibrium'</a></h2> <p>The severity of financial crises depends on the presence of "good equilibrium," with a calm market, or "bad equilibrium," when the market overreacts and the crisis snowballs.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="article-list "> <div class="article-box text-list"> <ul> <li> <div class="sub-title">Arthur M. Mitchell</div> <h3 class="title"><a href="/web/20150905215943/http://asia.nikkei.com/Viewpoints/Economeister/Corporate-governance-reforms-a-potential-catalyst-for-real-change-in-Japan">Corporate governance reforms a potential catalyst for real change in Japan</a></h3> <p>Japanese politicians are realizing the role of government is to foster conditions in which the private sector can flourish, writes Arthur M. Mitchell.</p> </li> <li> <div class="sub-title">Dani Rodrik</div> <h3 class="title"><a href="/web/20150905215943/http://asia.nikkei.com/Viewpoints/Economeister/Back-to-fundamentals-in-emerging-markets">Back to fundamentals in emerging markets</a></h3> <p>CAMBRIDGE -- Following 15 years of hype, a new conventional wisdom has taken hold: emerging markets are in deep trouble. Many analysts had extrapolated rapid growth in countries such as Brazil, Russia, Turkey, and India into the indefinite future, ca...</p> </li> <li> <div class="sub-title">Naoyuki Yoshino and Matthias Helble</div> <h3 class="title"><a href="/web/20150905215943/http://asia.nikkei.com/Viewpoints/Economeister/Asian-growth-holds-opportunities-for-Pacific-nations">Asian growth holds opportunities for Pacific nations</a></h3> <p>Asia can help Pacific economies advance, but environmental and social sustainability must be guiding principles, say Yoshino and Helble. </p> </li> <li> <div class="sub-title">Heizo Takenaka</div> <h3 class="title"><a href="/web/20150905215943/http://asia.nikkei.com/Viewpoints/Economeister/Parsing-Japan-s-latest-fiscal-and-economic-blueprint">Parsing Japan's latest fiscal and economic blueprint</a></h3> <p> The Japanese government makes major policy decisions every year in late June, and this year was no exception. On June 30, the cabinet approved an economic and fiscal management blueprint and a growth strategy, which are the revised fiscal 2015 versi...</p> </li> <li> <div class="sub-title">George Magnus</div> <h3 class="title"><a href="/web/20150905215943/http://asia.nikkei.com/Viewpoints/Economeister/TPP-can-help-but-not-transform-Asia-s-trade-funk">TPP can help but not transform Asia's trade funk</a></h3> <p>It has become almost an annual ritual for the International Monetary Fund to lower its projections for economic growth in emerging countries, including those in Asia, still the most dynamic part of the emerging universe. A key factor in recent downgr...</p> </li> <li> <div class="sub-title">Xia Le</div> <h3 class="title"><a href="/web/20150905215943/http://asia.nikkei.com/Viewpoints/Economeister/Renewed-market-turmoil-shows-need-for-new-approach">Renewed market turmoil shows need for new approach</a></h3> <p>Beijing should unify its market regulators, focus on institutional liquidity and open up further to foreign investors, says Xia Le.</p> </li> <li> <div class="sub-title">Nicholas Spiro</div> <h3 class="title"><a href="/web/20150905215943/http://asia.nikkei.com/Viewpoints/Economeister/Southeast-Asia-slowdown-tests-investors-will">Southeast Asia slowdown tests investors' will</a></h3> <p>Singapore's economy has practically ground to a halt. As recently as the second half of 2014, it grew 3.75%. But a flash estimate for second-quarter gross domestic product showed the economy contracted 4.6% from the previous quarter, much worse than ...</p> </li> <li> <div class="sub-title">Dale W. Jorgenson</div> <h3 class="title"><a href="/web/20150905215943/http://asia.nikkei.com/Viewpoints/Economeister/Trans-Pacific-Partnership-can-help-end-Japan-s-lost-decades">Trans-Pacific Partnership can help end Japan's 'lost decades'</a></h3> <p>The Trans-Pacific Partnership, by spurring trade and investment, offers Japan and the U.S. a way to lift economic growth, writes Dale W. 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