2016/12/25

Book Review Toshiaki Hirai,"On Skidelsky’s Keynes and Other Essays: Selected Essays of G.C. Harcourt,





Book Review

Toshiaki Hirai,"On Skidelsky’s Keynes and Other Essays: Selected Essays of G.C. Harcourt,

Palgrave Macmillan, 2012, pp. xi+342"


 Journal of the History of Economic Thought, No.4, Vol.38, Dec. 2016,
pp.527-531







Keynesian Reflections
Effective demand, money, finance and policies in the crisis

T. Hirai, M.C. Marcuzzo and P. Mehrling (eds.) Oxford University Press, 2013.



C. Kurien, “A Non-system without Boundaries”, Hindu N.Delhi, 2013/05/07
 (Economist and former Director of the Madras Institute of Development Studies)
 (Newspaper 1 page)

Madam Savnavis, “Crisis management”, Financial Express N.Delhi, 2013/5/12
  (Chief economist, Care Ratings) (Newspaper,1page)

Arindam Banerjee, “Keynes Re-engaged”, Book Review,2014 Jan.
   (Assistant Prof. of Economics, Ambedlkar Univ., Delhi) (Newspaper, 2 pages)

Pulin B. Nayak, “Keynes Reconsidered”, Economic & Political Weekly, Vol.L No.12, March 21, 2015 (Weekly, 3pages)
  (Delhi School of Economics)

Hans-Michael Trautwein, Book Review, Journal of the History of Economic Thought,       
     Cambridge University Press, Vol. 38, No.4, Dec. 2016, pp.510-512
    (Prof. of Economics, Univ. of Oldenburg, Germany)





2016/09/11

12th (2016) International Keynes Conference The World Economy and Keynes: Past and Present





12th (2016)

International Keynes Conference

The World Economy and Keynes: Past and Present

September 6 (afternoon) and 7

Sano Shoin,
Hitotsubashi University


The main purpose of this conference is to deepen our understanding of the world economy (past and present) in relation to Keynes’s influence and Keynesianism, which have been influential from the early 1920s up to the present day. It will be discussed in terms of the history of economic thought and economic theory/policy. We will sincerely welcome the collaboration between the two fields of economics.
  This conference is composed of two areas.

(i)  The world economy: past and present.
(ii)  Keynes’s influences from various points of view such as history, and economics.

In this conference, economists with diverse backgrounds are invited to contribute his/her paper. We are sure that this project should be a great opportunity to study, examine, and discuss the above themes.




            
  Program

6 September (Tues.)

 
15:05
Opening: Toshiaki Hirai
 

Session I

 
Chair: Toshiaki Hirai (Sophia University)
 
(01) 15:10-15:55
Carlo Cristiano (University of Pisa)
The Coming of Keynes to Wall Street, 1931-1939
Comment: Jan Kregel

(02) 15:55-16:40
Atsushi Komine (Ryukoku University)
“Recent Research on Keynes: After the Financial Crisis of 2007/8” 

    Comment: Jiro Obata (Rissho University)

(03) 16:40-17:25
Toichiro Asada (Chuo University)
"Mathematical Formalization of Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy in a High-dimensional Dynamic Keynesian Model with Public Debt Accumulation"

Comment: Ryuzo Kuroki
                               (End)
************


7 September (Wed.)



Session II

 
Chair: Sergio Nisticò (University of Cassino and Southern Lazio)
 
(04) 10:00-10:45
 Atushi Naito (Ohtsuki City College)
“The Relevance of ‘the Euthanasia of the Rentier’ Concept”
 
Comment: Yasutoshi Noshita (Kokushikan University)

(05) 10:45-11:30
Toshiaki Hirai (Sophia University)
“Keynes and the Postwar World Order Planning
  – Internationalism, the British Empire Interests and Pragmatism”
   
Comment: Carlo Cristiano

 

Lunch (11:30-13:30)

  Session III

 
Chair: Ryuzo KurokiRikkyo University

(06) 13:30-14:15

 Jan Kregel (Levy Economics Institute of Bard College)
 "Keynes and Minsky on Financial Regulation and Global Financial Fragility"
 
Comment: Yoshio Watanabe (Meiji University)  
 
Coffee 14:15-14:45
 
(07) 14:45-15:30
Sergio Nisticò (University of Cassino and Southern Lazio)
“Keynes's Investment Theory as a Micro-foundation
  for Keynes's Grandchildren”
 
Comment: Asahi Noguchi (Senshu University) 

(08) 15:30-16:15
Yasuhiro Sakai (University of Tsukuba & Shiga University)

“J.M. Keynes versus F.H. Knight How to Deal with Risk, Probability and Uncertainty”

    Comment: Sergio Nisticò
 

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B6CaZypNCmXFOUo3S3NQdkJqdzg?usp=sharing
 
45 minutes per paper. 20 min. for a presenter; 10 min. for a commentator,
5 min. for a presenter's response; 10 min. for general discussion
between a presenter and the participants.

Finale


2016/08/20

International Workshop 2016 Supported by Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A): “Economic Thought of Cambridge, Oxford, LSE and the Transformation of the Welfare State”







International Workshop 2016
Supported by Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A):
“Economic Thought of Cambridge, Oxford, LSE
and the Transformation of the Welfare State”


Sept. 5-7, 2016
Sano Shoin , Hitotsubashi University (Tokyo)


http://www.ier.hit-u.ac.jp/extra/CambridgeWS2015public.html

2016/08/19

CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN Professor Rod O’Donnell, University of Technology Sydney, Australia.


I have just got this information from Prof. Rod O'Donnell on crowdfunding campaign for the

remaining Keynes papers.


***




CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN
STARTING OCTOBER 2016, ON INDIEGOGO
 
OVERALL AIM:  To complete the publication of ALL of Keynes’s remaining unpublished writings of academic significance.
Only about ONE THIRD were published in the Royal Economic Society edition. A huge quantity of VALUABLEunpublished material remains, scattered across 60 archives in 6 countries.
AIM OF THIS CAMPAIGN:  Preparation of the Eton and early Cambridge volumes.
 
CAMPAIGN START:  11 October 2016.
 
TO LOCATE PROJECTGoogle ‘JMK Writings Project Indiegogo’.
 
It is also planned, with publisher cooperation, for the campaign to assist selected universities in developing countries.
 
HOW YOU CAN HELP
1. Spread the word prior to the campaign launch – to academic colleagues (in economics or elsewhere), students in classes, conference participants, policy-makers,  parliamentarians, philanthropists etc.
2. Make, and encourage, donations, of ANY size, according to your situation.  Especially on the first or second day of the campaign.  Experience shows that strong starts are correlated with strong finishes.
Editor: Professor Rod O’Donnell, University of Technology Sydney, Australia.
 
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

2016/08/07

12th (2016) International Keynes Conference* The World Economy and Keynes: Past and Present




12th (2016)

International Keynes Conference*

The World Economy and Keynes: Past and Present

September 6 (afternoon) and 7

Sano Shoin,
Hitotsubashi University


The main purpose of this conference is to deepen our understanding of the world economy (past and present) in relation to Keynes’s influence and Keynesianism, which have been influential from the early 1920s up to the present day. It will be discussed in terms of the history of economic thought and economic theory/policy. We will sincerely welcome the collaboration between the two fields of economics.
  This conference is composed of two areas.

(i)  The world economy: past and present.
(ii)  Keynes’s influences from various points of view such as history, and economics.

In this conference, economists with diverse backgrounds are invited to contribute his/her paper. We are sure that this project should be a great opportunity to study, examine, and discuss the above themes.


Coffee 14:45-15:05
             
  Program

6 September (Tues.)

 
15:05
Opening: Toshiaki Hirai
 

Session I

 
Chair: Toshiaki Hirai (Sophia University)
 
(01) 15:10-15:55
Carlo Cristiano (University of Pisa)
The Coming of Keynes to Wall Street, 1931-1939
Comment: Jan Kregel

(02) 15:55-16:40
Atsushi Komine (Ryukoku University)
“Recent Research on Keynes: After the Financial Crisis of 2007/8” 

    Comment: Jiro Obata (Rissho University)

(03) 16:40-17:25
Toichiro Asada (Chuo University)
"Mathematical Formalization of Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy in a High-dimensional Dynamic Keynesian Model with Public Debt Accumulation"

Comment: Ryuzo Kuroki
                               (End)
************


7 September (Wed.)



Session II

 
Chair: Sergio Nisticò (University of Cassino and Southern Lazio)
 
(04) 10:00-10:45
 Atushi Naito (Ohtsuki City College)
“The Relevance of ‘the Euthanasia of the Rentier’ Concept”
 
Comment: Yasutoshi Noshita (Kokushikan University)

(05) 10:45-11:30
Toshiaki Hirai (Sophia University)
“Keynes and the Postwar World Order Planning
  – Internationalism, the British Empire Interests and Pragmatism”
   
Comment: Carlo Cristiano

 

Lunch (11:30-13:30)

  Session III

 
Chair: Ryuzo KurokiRikkyo University

(06) 13:30-14:15

 Jan Kregel (Levy Economics Institute of Bard College)
 "Keynes and Minsky on Financial Regulation and Global Financial Fragility"
 
Comment: Yoshio Watanabe (Meiji University)  
 
Coffee 14:15-14:45
 
(07) 14:45-15:30
Sergio Nisticò (University of Cassino and Southern Lazio)
“Keynes's Investment Theory as a Micro-foundation
  for Keynes's Grandchildren”
 
Comment: Asahi Noguchi (Senshu University) 

(08) 15:30-16:15
Yasuhiro Sakai (University of Tsukuba & Shiga University)

“J.M. Keynes versus F.H. Knight How to Deal with Risk, Probability and Uncertainty”

    Comment: Sergio Nisticò
 
 
45 minutes per paper. 20 min. for a presenter; 10 min. for a commentator,
5 min. for a presenter's response; 10 min. for general discussion
between a presenter and the participants.

(*Supported by Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
“Economic Thought of Cambridge, Oxford, LSE and
the Transformation of the Welfare State”)

Finale