Don’t Predict Human abilities have their limits. We may be able to make a rational assessment of probabilities, but we cannot tell what is going to happen in the fu… 2016-01-18 Noriyuki Morimoto A Palate for Asset Management Skills for asset management are not the same as those of a sushi chef: considering money, it is not taste but quantity that matters. But is quantity t… 2016-01-04 Noriyuki Morimoto Punished Capital April Evil (1956) is a novel written by John D. MacDonald. Its main story line is about a vicious robber breaking into a millionaire’s house. The v… 2015-12-21 Noriyuki Morimoto The day the rate of profit falls to zero Needless to quote Marx, the capitalist economy system entails a fundamental dilemma: capital accumulation itself brings down the rate of profit. This … 2015-12-07 Noriyuki Morimoto The French are the winners of the ukiyo-e trade It is well known that Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock prints had a strong influence on the history of French art. Ukiyo-e is said to have arrived in France… 2015-11-24 Noriyuki Morimoto The Philosophy of Fukushima On 11 March 2011, a massive earthquake and tsunami hit the Tohoku region. Did this an open a chasm beyond the reach of human reasoning? Is it a chasm … 2015-11-09 Noriyuki Morimoto Fukushima and the Role of the Media No one can deny that creating needless fears may induce collective behaviour based on group psycology, which may increase the risk of worsening the si… 2015-10-26 Noriyuki Morimoto Fukushima and the economics of the price of life Despite its unethical aspect, it is inevitable to take people’s lives into account when making economic calculations. If standards for some types of d… 2015-10-13 Noriyuki Morimoto The pointlessness of Japan Post Bank’s asset management company concept Japan Post Bank is planning to establish a new asset management company, as a joint venture with Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank and Nomura Holdings, to en… 2015-09-28 Noriyuki Morimoto Japan Post has More Value than Japan Post Bank Does the allocation of businesses between Japan Post Bank and Japan Post make sense in the first place? The Postal Service Privatization Act, which se… 2015-09-07 Noriyuki Morimoto «1…20212223»