[CFA Society Japan Event] Book Club“The Contest for Japan’s Economic Future: Entrepreneurs vs. Corporate Giants (Oxford Univ. Press)”-Mr. Richard Katz author of the book join us!-
On 31st January CFA Society is honoured to invite Mr. Richard Katz author of the book “The Contest for Japan’s Economic Future: Entrepreneurs vs. Corporate Giants (Oxford Univ. Press)”
After a presentation from the author, there will be a Q&A session followed by a networking and book signing portion.
• Date: Friday, 31st January 2025, 19:00-20:30 JST
• Format: In-Person
• Language: English (we will also accept questions in Japanese)
• Speaker: Mr. Richard Katz
• Participation: CFA Society Japan Member (Regular/Affiliate/Associate/Professional member), CFA Institute Member of other societies: Free
CFA Program Candidate: 2,000yen
Non-member: 3,000yen
About the Author
Richard Katz is a special correspondent at Weekly Toyo Keizai, a leading Japanese business weekly. His duties at the latter include writing an opinion column on the Japanese economy (https://toyokeizai.net/list/author/リチャード・カッツ). He now publishes a blog on Japan called Japan Economy Watch at https://richardkatz.substack.com/. For two decades before, Mr. Katz published The Oriental Economist Report, a monthly English-language newsletter on Japan. While researching his latest book, he served as a Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Council For Ethics in International Affairs.
At the end of 2023, his third book on Japan, The Contest for Japan’s Economic Future: Entrepreneurs vs. Corporate Giants (Oxford Univ. Press), appeared in English. It is set to come out in Japanese and Chinese. His previous books, also published in Japanese, were Japan: The System That Soured—The Rise and Fall of the Japanese Economic Miracle (M.E. Sharpe, 1998). The second was Japanese Phoenix: The Long Road to Economic Revival (M.E. Sharpe, 2002).
He has testified before Congress several times about Japan, including a session on the lessons for the US from Japan’s banking crisis.
He has taught about Japan as an adjunct professor of economics at the State University of New York at Stony Brook and at the Stern School of Business at New York University.
He has written many op-eds for newspapers such as the Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times, as well as numerous essays for journals such as Foreign Affairs and The International Economy.
Mr. Katz received his M.A. in Economics from New York University in 1996.
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