Fortunately, the U.S. economy does not share these problems, at least not to anything like the same degree, suggesting that anti-deflationary monetary and fiscal policies would be more potent here than they have been in Japan.
The value of this competition is also apparent through the number of repeat entrants it has received over the years, as well as by the fact that it continues to attract numerous first-time participants as evidenced by the submissions to last year's competition.