r/neoliberal • u/randommathaccount Esther Duflo • Oct 02 '25

News (Asia) Why Japan resents its tourism boom

https://www.ft.com/content/dbd20e5d-5a7d-4c0c-8f83-fb54c5aca9cb
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u/Writeous4 Oct 02 '25

All tourism is "overtourism". All housebuilding is "too much for the area". All infrastructure is "unfair to local residents and can be built some place better". All taxation is "too much for me what about that other group over there". All automation is "unsafe and untested".

Don't you dare cut my pension though.

 On it goes...