(The 4th*) International Conference on

Keynes’s Influence on Modern Economics

― The Keynesian Revolution Reassessed

The main purpose of this conference is to deepen and widen our understanding of the present situation in which economics is put and ask where economics is going, in terms of Keynes’s influence and Keynesianism which have been remarkable from the early 1920s up to the present, from the points of view of history of economic thought, and economic theory/policy.

In this conference economists with diverse backgrounds are invited to address Keynesian Legacy and Modern Economics and read his/her paper.

We consider that this is a passing point for studying, examining and clarifying the above theme rather than an once-and-for-all conference. We also declare that this major message will be pursued further on the basis on international cooperation.

Date: 19 (Wed.) and 20(Thurs.) March 2008

Venue: Sophia University

Room 2-510

(with Room 2-507 as Refreshment Room)

* The 1st (24 & 25 Sept. 2005, Sophia Symposium, Sophia Univ.), the 2nd (23 March 2006, Hitotsubashi Univ.) and the 3rd (14 & 15 March 2007, Sophia Univ.)

Programme

Day 1 (19 March, Wed.)

Time / Presenter / Title / Commentator
10:00-12:20
Chair:Jan Kregel / 1 Maria Cristina Marcuzzo (Univ. of Rome <La Sapienza>) / The General Theory in Keynes’s Biographies / Ryuzo Kuroki
(Rikkyo Univ.)
2 Hiroshi Yoshikawa
(Univ. of Tokyo) / The General Theory —
ABrief Survey of the Controversies / Maria Cristina Marcuzzo
12:20-13:50 / Lunch
13:50-16:10
Chair:Maria Cristina Marcuzzo / 3 Yoshihiko Hakamata
(Chuo Univ.) / The Fundamental Equations in the Treatise in the Making – from the Tract to the Treatise / Anna Maria Carabelli
4 Toshiaki Hirai
(Sophia Univ.) / From Wicksell to Keynes – An Analysis of the
Development of Monetary
Economics / Colin Rogers
16:10-16:40 / Coffee Break
16:40-17:50
Chair:Colin Rogers / 5 Mario Cedrini
(Univ. of Oriental Piedmont, Italy) / Beyond Strategy. The “Gift Dimension” of Keynes's Quest for a New Global Order / Chikako Nakayama
(Tokyo Univ. of Foreign Languages)

Day 2 (20 March, Thurs.)

10:00-12:20
Chair:Maria Cristina Marcuzzo / 6 Jan Kregel (Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, USA) / Can Keynes’s TheoryHelp Understand the Modern Global Financial Economy? / Yasutoshi Noshita (Kokushikan Univ.)
7 Anna Maria Carabelli (Univ. of Oriental Piedmont, Italy) / Current GlobalImbalances: Might Keynes Be of Help? / Yoshio Watanabe
(Meiji Univ.)
12:20-13:50 / Lunch
13:50-16:10
Chair:Colin Rogers / 8 Touichiro Asada
(Chuo Univ.) / Keynesian Dynamics and the Wage-price Spiral : A Baseline Disequilibrium Model / Takashi Yagi (Gunma Univ.)
9Masazumi Wakatabe
(Waseda Univ.) / Macroeconomic Visions after the Great Depression / Yasuyuki Iida
(Komazawa Univ.)
16:10-16:40 / Coffee Break
16:40-17:50
Chair:Anna Maria Carabelli / 10 Colin Rogers
(Univ. of Adelaide, Australia) / Keynes, Keynesians and Modern Monetary Theory / Atushi Komine
(Ryukoku Univ.)

70 minutes per paper. 30 min. for a presenter; 10 min. for a commentator, 5 min. for a presenter's response; 25 min.. for general discussion between a presenter and the participants.

Toshiaki Hirai

(Prof., Faculty of Economics, Sophia Univ., Tokyo)