/biz/ - Business & Finance

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Japan is a weird case compared to the rest of the world, primarily because it got to where most of us are going first: They're the first post-growth economy.

In the aftermath of WW2, the average family size in Japan contracted as integration into the "western economy" happened. Remember, in the 1980s, they were the kings, no body could stop Japan and they'd be running the earth soon. But that boom was built on the government giving lush contracts no questions asked to the Zaibatsus, the financial and industrial good-ole-boys, and on the last large generation of workers entering their prime. As the drop in births trickled down into a drop in workers, the Japanese government bought more and more of its own sovereign debt, their RE market imploded, and Japan has been treading water ever since the 1990s. Their stock market hasn't grown since.

They managed to get by a few ways: First, they've been leaders in automation as a rule. Second, they realized they could just offshore their industry to nations with a young workforce and avoid import taxes while they were at it, which is why Toyota has a plant in Kentucky of all places. Third, they realized that if they want to see the 22nd century, at this point in time they must be an American partner. Not a competitor. Which is why all of their last 4 prime ministers have accepted whatever trade deal is laid before them by Washington.

Also remember, that Japan culturally has an odd relationship with debt. Basically in the old days, the local warlord had the right to declare a debt jubilee, and often did to get on people's good side after a conquest. This tradition still exists in their government today. Japanese banks are powerful buy leery of long term domestic investment for this reason. Its populist to wipe out debts on a whim, but also encourages money to find opportunities abroad.

For the dumb cunts in this thread that don't know the first fucking thing about wires, let me give the basics.
>With the exceptions of the contacts, it doesn't matter what the wire's outside does so long as its insulated.
>why do you think power cords work despite being coated in plastic.
>Electrons move along the entire diameter of a wire surface with a slight bias toward the center of a wire in real world circumstances because its easier to move completely in the distributed electron cloud of metal than along a surface where you come in contact with an insulating media (rubber, plastic, air).

Have some noble metals chemistry while we're at it:
>Its actually kind of fucking hard to make silver oxide in normal conditions.
>silver would much rather react with trace amounts of sulfur in the air to make AgS.
>You know what really likes to form oxides in air?
>Copper

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Sorry, We all make mistakes.

need advice /g/.

I consider myself a very technical minded individual, my current job as a field service engineer for analytical scientific instrumentation requires you to be able to think very critically while remaining methodical and patient throughout any repair/diagnosis procedure.

I built my first computer when I was 8, never stopped tinkering since, became an IT tech when I was 16, promoted to level 3 and above by 19 made a jump to Agilent technologies the same age.

My question today is; what can i possibly do to capitalize on these skills besides work where I currently am (~120kAUS p/a), I want to become rich by some incredible discovery or invention or start a business which will create a difference in the world or at least my country - something that will leave a legacy.

What is a recommended path, where do I start?