The conclusion was laconic: we have reached the end of the road – Lithuania is shrinking. I must say that until now the insights of our economists have been rather precise. I hope the latter insight will not come true. To be more exact, I hope that we will finally undertake solutions and, most importantly, actions for it not to be fulfilled.
Decline in Capital Productivity  It is rather ironic that as economic globalization progresses and cross-border capital movements become free, Japan has become an increasingly uncomfortable place for capital to stay because of its high level of capital accumulation.