In the 1970s, Frank Gibney Had Called Japan "The Fragile

question 93

Multiple Choice

In the 1970s, Frank Gibney had called Japan "The Fragile Superpower," which was confirmed with the crisis of the 1990s. In his new appraisal, Gibney writes that Japan has become the victim of _____.

• A) social loafing
• B) compensating errors
• C) being penny-wise and pound-foolish
• D) herd behavior
• E) one-party sickness

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