In Europe, we are now getting used to read about the Euro crisis, and the fiscal cliff in the US has a view that would make Grand Canyon full of envy. During the last ten years, central banks have expanded their balance sheets from 3 to 13 trillions dollars. But one country could be even worse off and that is Japan. During 2011 sales of adault diapers exceeded those for babies for the first time. With a debt level that would make the greek economy look really well managed, the rate of birth vs the number of senior citizens, the equation is hard to solve:
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Antidote to housing crisis and urban sprawl? 800 apartments over a Costco
in downtown LA
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[image: Artist's rendition of a residential complex over a Costco store in
South LA]
As some of the most destructive fires in California's history ravage...