But after that, estimates Mr Yamakawa, Japan's potential growth rate could increase to 2-3% within a decade.

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That is equivalent to an increase in Britain's potential growth rate over the same period of 0.3 percentage points a year, an impressive effect.

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One area with greater potential to impact portfolios is the fate of the qualified dividend tax rate, scheduled to increase from 15% to ordinary income.

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He agrees that, theoretically, concealed carry laws could increase the likelihood that potential victims could carry a gun, and thus reduce the homicide rate (my simple model above).

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