tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post8116705577741888009..comments2024-03-27T21:43:02.451-04:00Comments on NEW SAVANNA: Kimono Mom risingBill Benzonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08360044945265178991noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post-67104300009615400722023-01-10T12:09:18.033-05:002023-01-10T12:09:18.033-05:00From my friend Leanne Martin, who lived in Japan ...From my friend Leanne Martin, who lived in Japan for many years where she worked as a translator:<br /><br />"I really enjoyed this. Are you going to write about it at 3QD? She’s such a beautiful person and I really like the one where she talked with her husband. They have a very calming and peaceful way. I love her. And John was right that kids in Japan are giving a lot of responsibility Bill Benzonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08360044945265178991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post-85499004498133810222023-01-10T08:42:04.336-05:002023-01-10T08:42:04.336-05:00Thanks, John. That certainly suggests lines of par...Thanks, John. That certainly suggests lines of parallel investigation. While Japan is certainly a fully industrialized country, they are not so far from their agrarian past as we are.Bill Benzonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08360044945265178991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post-9813748672653129502023-01-09T18:40:58.850-05:002023-01-09T18:40:58.850-05:00It's normal in American farm families for kids...It's normal in American farm families for kids to have significant responsibilities at a very early age. The American family farm is a sort of historic survival made possible by strong political resistance starting with the Populists in the 1890s and before.<br /><br />The economists James Buchanan and Thorstein Veblen both grew up on family farms and you can see signs of that in their work.John Emersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12058849885222086640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post-72257243895153808342023-01-08T20:43:54.901-05:002023-01-08T20:43:54.901-05:00Yes, a wonderful famiy!Yes, a wonderful famiy!Sallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01039309796236419512noreply@blogger.com