Proposed Syllabus for the Lecture
Capitalism and the World Economy over the Three Decades
― Light and Shadow of Globalization ―
Toshiaki Hirai
Sep. 7, 2015 version
No. Title
1 Outline of the Lecture
2 How should we grasp Capitalism?
3 How should we grasp Globalization?
4 Financial Liberalization and Instability
5 Lehman Shock and the US economy
6 The Euro Crisis
7 Self-Trapped Japanese Economy
8 Present Situation of the Japanese Economy
9 Whither Economics?
10 Whither Social Philosophy?
11 Shift in Geopolitics
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12 Who is Keynes?
13 On the General Theory
14 Social Philosophy in Interwar Cambridge – Keynes, Pigou, Hawtrey, Robertson
15 Social Philosophy of Schumpeter and Hayek
16 Keynes on International Buffer Stock
17 Keynes on International Monetary System
18 End of the Lecture
