History of Economic Thought, Newsletter, No.42, Spring 1989, pp. 31-34.
(Toshihiro Tanaka; Scanned and corrected by Aiko Ikeo)
The Society for the History of Economic Thought of Japan. Annual Meeting 1988 and the Regional Activities.
The annual meeting for 1988 was held at Senshu University, Tokyo on 5-6 November. The common theme of the meeting was 'The formation of political economy: the case of James Steuart' on which the following three papers were read after the introductory remarks by Noboru Kobayashi under the chairmanship of him and Shigeshi Wada.
1. Theoretical construction of 'the first monetary economics ' (Ikuo Omori).
2. Discovery of modern society by political economy (Hiroshi Takemoto).
3. 'The crisis of modern society' in J. Steuart and the formation of politica l economy (Nobuyoshi Kawashima).
In addition, the following 13 papers and a special paper were presented in all .
1. Theories of capital and value in Ricardian economics (Masashi Izumo).
2. The historical place of Gossen's theory of value (Masahiro Kawamata).
3. The structure of theory of value in Ricardo and J. S. Mill (Yasunori Fukagai).
4. J. Anderson on the economic development of Scottish Highlands (Masatomo Iizuka).
5. Malthus's Essay on the Principles of Population and Principles of Political Economy (Yasuyuki Nakanishi).
6. The communistic thought of Theodore Desamy: In relation to the formation of early Marx's thought (Masayuki Nagayama).
7. The fiscal policy ideas of C. Davenant (Masao Okura).
8. Yukichi Fukuzawa's view of business (Yukio Cho).
9. Keynes's theory of money and prices: Centering on the chapter 21 of General Theory (Toshihiro Nakaya).
10. The structure of Ricardo's theory of machinery (Tomikazu Hoshino).
11. The Aristotelian tradition in economic understanding of society (Daisuke Arie).
12. On Ricardo's theory of value: Theoretical structure of the first chapter of the Principles (Susumu Takenaga).
13. The viewpoint and method of social economics in M. Weber (Yoshihisa Usami ).
14. Special paper: The growth of political economy in eighteenth century Britain (J. G. A. Pocock, Johns Hopkins Univ.).
Professor Yoshiki Yoshizawa, Senshu University was elected as the next president with the other directors. His two-year presidency will begin from April 1989 to succeed Professor M. Tanaka.
The next annual meeting will be held at Kyushu University on 4-5 November 1989 .
Regional Meetings
The following regional meetings have been held since the meetings previously reported.
The Kanto Branch
On 19 March at Nihon University two papers were read: 1. W. C. Mitchell on social intelligence: Relation to J. Dewey's thought (Hiroyuki Saito). 2. Tooke's History of Prices and Political Economy Club (Tomoyoshi Fujitsuka) .
On 4 June at Nihon University Professor Donald Winch's following special lecture was given: The Enlightenment and the science of legislator (University of Sussex, U.K.) .
The Kansai Branch
On 30 January 1988 at Kobe University two papers were read: 1. The structure and significance of Malthus's theory of population wave motion (Yasuyuki Nakanishi). 2. On the understanding of poverty problem in Britain at the end of the 19th century (Norio Anpo).
On 28 May at Osaka Prefectural University the following two papers and a speci al lecture by Professor D. Winch were given: 1. John Law's theory of credit (Tatsuro Nikaido). 2. Keynes's theory and leasable funds theory (Yoshitaka Hattori). 3. Special lecture. The uses and abuses of the history of the social sciences (Donald Winch, University of Sussex, U.K.).
On 10 September at Aichi Gakuin University two papers were read: 1. Some points in the formation of young J. S. Mill's thought: From his mental crisis to about 1840 (Tomonori Yamabe). 2. The present-day significance of I. H. Parvus's theory of imperialism (Yoshiaki Tanaka).
The Seinan Branch
On 20-21 February 1988 at Kurume University the following 5 papers were presented:1. Economics of Keynes and Keynesians (Eiji Oyano). 2. The formation of Keynes's Tract on Monetary Reform (Norio Suzuki). 3. J. Anderson's Observations: Its central theme and construction (Masatomo Iizuka). 4. The formation process of early Marx's thought (Tadashi Shibuya). 5. The significance of the Great men of Exile (Noaki Hashimoto).
On 9-10 July at Hiroshima University four papers were read: 1. On the economic improvement ideas in Scotland in the 1730's: Centered on P. Linsay and T. Merrill (Gentaro Seki). 2. On A. Marshall's quasirent (Noburo Iwashita). 3. Neo-classical methodology and Keynes's methodology (Tadashi Datai). 4. 'The crisis of modern society' in J. Steuart and the formation of politica l economy (Nobuyoshi Kawashima).
The Tohoku Branch
On 18 June 1988 at Yamagata University two papers were read: 1. The two editions of J. G. Eccarius's "A Working Man's Reputation of Some Points of Political Economy Endorsed and Advocated by John Stuart Mill" and new MEGA editing (Shigeru Arakawa). 2. The three origins or Marxism: Centering on Economic and Philosophic Manusc ripts (Koichi Hata).
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