As The Economist points out in its most recent issue, though, the real lesson from Dai-Ichi is the importance of grounding nuclear power and all energy production in a culture of transparency.
As our special report in this week's issue points out, only Zimbabwe and Haiti had lower GDP growth than Italy in the decade to 2010.
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Republicans know the measure is dead on arrival in the Democratic-controlled Senate, but they're trying to score political points by keeping the issue front and center in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling upholding the law.
But the strategy fared poorly last September in a special House election in Nevada, in which the Democrat lost by more than 20 points, although it was not the sole issue in the election.
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Richard Schultz, a political scientist at McGill University in Montreal, points out that the Bloc has not made sovereignty an issue in the election.
It would be a benefit to everyone if media outlets and their reporters would quit repeating Administration talking points on this issue, and instead engage in some real journalism on the subject.
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Apparently at Tung's behest, Beijing drew up a points system to ensure greater fairness and transparency in the issue of permits for qualified migrants.
And 46% say they believe the government must play a role in solving the issue, up 13 points from January 2011, after the Tucson, Arizona, shooting that killed six and wounded Gabby Giffords, who was then a member of Congress.
Naturally, whole clusters of clergymen have felt the need to weigh in on this issue each one finding references in scripture that would support their often diametrically opposite points of view.
Such bonds are not always disastrous, but Boston College's Centre for Retirement Research points out that most governments are already in severe debt when they issue them.
The issue is addressed, among other places, in points 410-414 of the Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
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Various academic studies had found a suspiciously strong correlation between the issue dates of share options awarded to employees and low points in the awarding company's share price.
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Democrats say the GOP is using the issue to try to score political points by discrediting Holder and Obama in an election year.
In her article, Kliff appears to take issue with two primary points, starting with the fact that the health insurance companies are hardly on the verge of bankruptcy and are unlikely to find themselves there come the end of this week.
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One campaigner, Li Dan, points out that, whereas leaders in many countries have given high priority to the issue, China has so far been behaving more like South Africa, whose leaders downplayed the problem for years and are now struggling to cope with one of the highest infection rates in the world.
As long as the use of force was not considered imminent, the differences between the Soviet Union and the United States were easily glossed over or obscured by the novelty of those points on which they were in agreement....Now that the main issue is whether to use force, the nuances can no longer be hidden.
By contrast, support for cuts in corporate taxes rocketed 27 points to 67%: the more people thought about the issue, the more they wanted a better business environment and a lower deficit.
At one such rally in Massachusetts last week, advocates on both sides of the issue gathered, getting their points of view across through honking, cheers and placards.
Better yet, though, was an off-handed comment made later in the discussion when Jack brought up the issue of entrepreneurs often lacking confidence in their ideas, and describing how, at points, he had lacked confidence himself.
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Democrats argue that Issa and his GOP colleagues are using the issue to try to score political points by discrediting Holder and, by extension, the president in an election year.
We agreed on all the points, but the major issue was Sky was not willing to do a second pay-per-view in April.
Morgan in Singapore, points out that, although the region's foreign debts are largely denominated in dollars, this is less an issue for Asia than it would be for other emerging economies.
For now, Mr Solbes points out, this is not an issue: the rule is set by treaty, and a change is not in prospect.
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