Japanese Military
[1] http://web.archive.org/web/20080422193408/http://www.nautilus.org/archives/nukepolicy/Nuclear-Umbrella/index.html
[2] http://thediplomat.com/2012/09/the-dangers-of-a-china-japan-trade-war/
[3] http://books.sipri.org/files/FS/SIPRIFS1604.pdf
[4] http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/news-features/magazine/linda-hoaglund/
[5] http://kristof.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/10/look-out-for-the-diaoyu-islands/
[6] http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/17/world/asia/japans-lower-house-passes-bills-giving-military-freer-hand-to-fight.html
[7] Ibid.
[8] https://www.ft.com/content/b64e9262-23a0-11e6-9d4d-c11776a5124d
[9] http://www.tradingeconomics.com/japan/interest-rate
[10] http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/13/opinion/tea-party-politics-in-japan.html
[11] Metraux, Daniel A. (1996), “The Soka Gakkai: Buddhism and the Creation of a Harmonious and Peaceful Society”, Engaged Buddhism: Buddhist Liberation Movements in Asia, State University of New York Press, p. 386
[12] https://www.minshin.or.jp/about-dp/principles
[13] http://www.jcp.or.jp/english/
Social Security
[1] http://www.oecd.org/social/family/16587241.pdf (Figure 1 on Page 15)
[2] https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v70n3/v70n3p111.html#mn1
[3] https://www.ssa.gov/oact/tr/2009/IV_LRest.html#254423
[4] https://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/new/budgetinfographic.png
[5] http://www.fool.com/retirement/general/2014/08/09/millennials-want-big-social-security-changes-will.aspx
[6] https://www.ssa.gov/history/lifeexpect.html
[7] http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db168.pdf
[8] https://www.ssa.gov/history/ratios.html
[9] http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=14916
[10] http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=14916
[11] http://crfb.org/blogs/raising-eligibility-ages-good-budgetand-economy
[12] https://www.mercatus.org/publication/student-loan-debt-increases-281-percent-over-ten-years
[13] http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2016/04/for-life-expectancy-money-matters/
[14] http://www.wsj.com/articles/aetna-to-drop-some-affordable-care-act-markets-1471311737
[15] http://www.businessinsider.com/stressful-lives-of-older-tech-workers-2015-11
[16] https://www.ssa.gov/oact/cola/cbb.html
[17] http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/economy-budget/204996-scrapping-the-social-security-payroll-tax-cap
[18] http://www.ontheissues.org/2016/Bernie_Sanders_Social_Security.htm
[19] http://www.thirdway.org/report/how-the-sanders-social-security-plan-is-not-progressive
[20] Ibid.
[21] http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/economy-budget/269323-sanders-social-security-plan-wont-work
[22] Ibid.
[23] http://www.thirdway.org/report/how-the-sanders-social-security-plan-is-not-progressive;
https://www.ssa.gov/oact/solvency/BSanders_20160204.pdf
[24] http://cepr.net/documents/publications/ss-cap-2011-09.pdf
[25] https://www.ssa.gov/oact/cola/cbbdet.html
[26] http://www.thirdway.org/report/how-the-sanders-social-security-plan-is-not-progressive
Free College
[1] http://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/international-students-united-states
[2] https://www.statista.com/statistics/183995/us-college-enrollment-and-projections-in-public-and-private-institutions/
[3] http://www.marketwatch.com/story/americas-growing-student-loan-debt-crisis-2016-01-15
[4] http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-08-01/majority-of-americans-want-college-to-be-free
[5] https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/01/09/fact-sheet-white-house-unveils-america-s-college-promise-proposal-tuitio
[6] https://cew.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Recovery2020.ES_.Web_.pdf
[7] http://inequalitywatch.eu/spip.php?article58&lang=en
[8] http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/03/01/should-college-be-for-everyone/for-a-middle-class-life-college-is-crucial
[9] http://equitablegrowth.org/equitablog/higher-education-answer-reducing-income-inequality/
[10] http://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21708241-hillary-clintons-college-funding-plan-better-politics-policy-more-present
[11]
http://www.cnbc.com/2015/06/15/the-high-economic-and-social-costs-of-student-loan-debt.html
[12] https://www.statista.com/statistics/183995/us-college-enrollment-and-projections-in-public-and-private-institutions/
[13] http://www.businessinsider.com/why-delaying-parenthood-and-having-kids-later-is-a-big-deal-2015-6
[14] http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/08/25/490628350/parsing-the-free-in-free-community-college
[15] http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/01/heres-exactly-how-much-the-government-would-have-to-spend-to-make-public-college-tuition-free/282803/
[16] http://www.usnews.com/opinion/knowledge-bank/2015/05/27/why-bernie-sanders-free-public-college-plan-is-a-bad-idea
[17] http://educationnext.org/files/ednext_XVI_1_forum.pdf
[18] https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/06/12/study-us-higher-education-receives-more-federal-state-governments