> People are absolutely right to stay away from such salesmen. Which is mentioned halfway through the article, actually. > Bunting and such is actually a pret

> People are absolutely right to stay away from such salesmen. Which is mentioned halfway through the article, actually. > Bunting and such is actually a pretty good strategy I don't think the point was which strategy is better, it's just that bunting is another (more easily understandable to the layman?) example of how the Japanese are risk-averse. The ultimate point was that Japan-levels of risk aversity lead to severe economic problems.