(2/5. Shikata) How Did Japanese Society Improve in Recent Decades While the U.S. Declined?

Jeffrey Goodman
6 min readSep 7, 2022

Life in general improved in Japan over the past 35 years, but it has been the opposite in the U.S. — why?

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Jeffrey Goodman

Navigating facts and numbers to help people. Strong opinions on climate change and healthcare. Objective, not neutral. MIT engineer, Wharton MBA.