History of Economic Thought, Newsletter, No.52, Spring 1994, p.33-36.

The Society for the History of Economic Thought in Japan Annual Conference and the Regional Activities in 1993

The annual conference of the Society for 1993 was held at Kanazawa University November 6th and 7th, with the attendance of nearly 300 people. The following 18 papers were presented, and a symposium was organized on the common theme "History of Japanese Economic Thought' (papers 15-18).

1. The Social Theory of Montesquieu (Keiko Nakae)

2. The Basic Structure of Say's Value Theory: Changes and Continuity of the Treatise up to its Fifth Edition (Hideo Hatada)

3. Lord Kames's Natural Theology: A Connotation of "Heretical Controversy" in 1750's (Daisuke Arie)

4. Philosophy and Economics of Keynes (Takako Saito)

5. Ethical Foundations of Adam Smith's "System of Natural Liberty" (Hirotaka Kato)

6. J. M. Keynes and R.F. Harrod in the Establishment of an Economic Dynamics (Toshio Shinozaki)

7. Adam Smith: The Separation of Natural Jurisprudence and Political Economy (Satoshi Niimura)

8. Economic Thought and Market Theory of Hicks in his Later Years (Yoshio Inoue)

9. Physiocracy and Adam Smith (Keiichi Watanabe)

10. Modern Austrian Theory of Market Process: Between Neoclassical and Post-Keynesian Perspectives (Shuichi Nakamura)

11. William Pulteney on the Policy of Public Finance (Masao Ohkura)

12. An Economic Thought of the Early Modern Japan and "Mercantilism" Problem and a Study in Applying the Concept to the Coresponding Japanese Situation (Michifumi Yajima)

13. J. S. Mill's Equality Principle of Public Finance (Satotsugu Kobayashi)

14. On Some Japanese Economists: Who Are Never to be Forgotten (Akira Tada)

15. Japan-Enlightenment - Typological - Historical Analysis (Kazuhiko Sumiya)

16. The Possibility of Confucian Economic Thought - A Case on Banto Yamagata (Takahito Sakasai)

17. Fukuzawa and Shibusawa - An Analysis of Meiji Enlightenment in Relation to Moral Sentiments of Adam Smith (Yukio Cho)

18. A Vein of the Political Economy in the Japanese Enlightenment (Hiroshi Matsunoo)

The next annual conference will be held at Musashi University in Tokyo, 29-30th October 1994. A symposium will be organized on the common theme 'The Economics of Fran�ois Quesnay and Tableau Žconomique" in commemoration of the 300th anniversary of his birth.

Regional Meetings

The following regional meetings have also been held since the meetings previously reported.

Kanto Branch:

13/3/1993 Chuo University 1. Communist Manifesto and the Workers' Movement in the First Half of the 19th Century (Shunsuke Murakami) 2. Communist Surpass Communist Party (Masahide Ishizuka)

5/6/1993 Aoyamagakuin University 1. On the Methodological Aspects of Adam Smith's Essays on Philosophical Subjects (Chikakazu Tadakoshi) 2. Sismondi and Malthus on General Gluts (Katsuyoshi Watarai)

2/10/1993 Aoyamagakuin University 1. Adam Smith and Stoic Philosophy (Tetsu Ito) 2. Hutcheson, Hume and Adam Smith on 'Spontaneous order' and 'passion' (Hideyuki Chinen)

Kansai Branch:

23/1/1993 Osaka City University 1. A Review of Marxian Service Theories in Japan (Tetsufumi lida) 2. Sraffa in Cambridge (Yuichi Matsumoto)

22/5/1993 Kanazawa University 1. On G. L. S. Shackle's Theory of Decision Making under Uncertainty: A Critical Review of Expected Utility Theory (Takanori Ida) 2. Roederer's Theory in the Theorie de l'opinion publigue (Takaho Ando) 3. Otto Bauer's ldea of the Nationality (Isamu Kamijo)

25/9/1993 Ryukoku University 1. Work, Labour and Self-Cultivation - One Aspect of J. S. Mill's Moral Science in his Political Economy (Natsu Matsui) 2. Appropriation of Commodities by Means of Money (Sadao Ohno)

Seinan Branch:

23.24/1/1993 Seinangakuin University 1. On the Perspective of Alfred Marshall's Industry and Trade (Shiro Iwashita ) 2. Hayek on Education (Norio Suzuki) 3. A. Smith and J. Anderson on Corn-Bounties (Masatomo lizuka) 4. Francis Hutchison on Civil Society and the Scottish Enlightenment (Kimihiro Koyanagi)

3,4/7/1993 Matsuyama University 1. Adam Smith's Theory of Natural Order of Investment (Ryoji Ochi) 2. Basics and Non-basics in Sraffa's System: On the Relation of Two Definitions (Junsuke Miyamoto) 3. Sir William Seton's Proposals for Developing Scotland (Gentaro Seki) 4. For Confirmation 'The Dual Character of the Labour" (Michio Akama)

Tohoku Branch:

26/6/1993 Tohokugakuin University 1. The Theology of General Winstanley (Mamoru Haga) 2. The Evlauation of Post-Revolution Britain in Hume's Political Discourses (Kazuo Endo).

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