Ever thus w/ Central Planning.
Yes, and that’s why these headlines and stories mislead the public: instead of clarifying the issue they obscure it.
The problem with Japan isn’t a Japanese problem, but one of central planning. The problem with Chicago isn’t a Chicago problem, but one of socialism and central planning. The same thing with Italy, Greece, China, Argentina, Venezuela, Zimbabwe and Detroit.
It isn’t an ethnic, racial, or cultural problem, but a human problem. Scarcity is the natural state of mankind on this earth. We always want more than is available. History has proven since first recorded that central planning whether by kings or bureaucrats will fail. It’s the source of general poverty in the world. It’s the source of shortages.
But who will tell the people?