今年初めに古巣の外交問題評議会に戻り、先月からおよそ7年ぶりに同評議会の「Follow the Money」ブログを再開したBrad Setserが、表題のエントリ（原題は「Japan’s First Consumption Tax Hike Was a Demand Disaster」）で、日本の消費増税を巡る状況について簡明な文章でまとめている。 Abe’s rhetoric has not been German. Especially not recently. But his policies over the last two years have been. At least until recently. The International Monetary Fund’s fiscal department estimates that Japan did a consol
