While the United States of America in 2010 may not “precisely” be Japan of 1997, there are plenty of similarities developing in terms of Big Bureaucratic Government resolve. If you have any recovering friends from Groupthink Inc who make it past the remedial exercise above, please send them our Chart of The Day that overlays the Japanese real estate bubble with ours. *Note the duration.

CHART OF THE DAY: Real Estate Bubbles - Japan U.S. Real Estate

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