Huang points to Japan's "Santa Claus economics" as a case in point. Over the last decade, Japan has put forward at least 12 economic stimulus plans, spending 120 trillion yen in the process. There was even one scheme to give each elderly citizen and child 20,000 yen just before Christmas in order to encourage consumer spending.
黃耀輝以日本的「聖誕老人經濟學」為例，日本在過去十年內至少推出十二次振興景氣措施，耗資達一百二十兆日圓，甚至還在聖誕節前發給老人與兒童二萬日圓，鼓勵大家消費購物。