1.   But with its inflated land prices and stunted industry, Okinawa never developed tools to flourish economically.

2.   Critics say such policies have led to a vicious circle of overproduction, inflated land values, and low prices.

3.   Some Amish families have yielded to the temptation of inflated land prices and have sold out and bought farms in neighboring counties or Kentucky, Indiana or Ohio.

4.   The administration last fall issued a bulky document that said farm subsidies had, among other things, inflated land values and benefited large farms.

5.   Encroaching cities, inflated land prices and increasing environmental concerns are cited as reasons by many dairy farmers looking to relocate their operations.

6.   This strategy is something that Japan, which suffered from a similar bubble economy and inflated land and other asset prices, should have done seven years ago.