Program

 

The Venue: Build. No. 11, Room A302

 

March 14th, 2019

9：50～10：00　Opening Remarks

10：00～11：00　The 1st Session on Classical Monetary Theory

Yuji SATO (Rikkyo University): ‘On Some Premises of Classical Monetary Theory’

Chair: Masashi IZUMO (Kanagawa University)

Discussant: Shigeyoshi SENGA (Yokohama City University Emeritus)

Rejoinder and free discussion

11:10～12:10 The 2nd Session on Charles-Louis de Montesquieu

Ryo SADAMORI (Keio University): ‘Interest Rate in Spain in Montesquieu and Hume: the Concept of “Money”and the vision of the World Commerce’

Chair: Shin KUBO (Kwansei Gakuin University)

Discussant: Rebeca GOMEZ BETANCOURT (Université Lumière Lyon-2)

Rejoinder and free discussion

12：10～14：00　Lunch

14：00～15：00 The 3rd Session on Sir James Steuart

Rebeca GOMEZ BETANCOURT (Université Lumière Lyon-2) :‘James Steuart: a modern approach to the liquidity and solvency of public debt’

Chair: Yuji SATO (Rikkyo University)

Discussant: Susumu TAKENAGA (Daito Bunka University)

Rejoinder and Free discussion

15：00～15：30 Coffee Break

15：30～16：30 The 4th Session on David Ricardo’s Monetary Theory

Susumu TAKENAGA (Daito Bunka University): ‘Ricardo on Money (Ghislain Deleplace, 2017)

Chair: Shigemasa SATO (Onomichi City University, Emeritus): Discussions with the Author’

Discussant: Christophe DEPOORTÈRE (Université de la Réunion)

Rejoinder and free discussion

16:40～17:40 The 5th Session on Thomas Robert Malthus

Matthew Smith (University of Sydney): ‘A Reconsideration of the Role of Demand in Malthus’s Theory of Accumulation’

Chair: Masashi IZUMO (Kanagawa University)

Discussant: Taro HISAMATSU (Doshisha University)

Rejoinder and free discussion

 

March 15th, 2019

13：00～14：00 The 6th Session on Thomas Robert Malthus

Nobuhiko NAKAZAWA (Kansai University): ‘"As One of the Swinish Multitude": A Note on Malthus's Casual Reference to Burke's Reflections’

Chair: Masatomi FUJIMOTO (Osaka Gakuin University)

Discussant: Shin KUBO (Kwansei Gakuin University)

Rejoinder and free discussion

14:10～15:10 The 7th Session on Thomas Robert Malthus and David Ricardo

Christophe DEPOORTÈRE (Université de la Réunion) : ‘Ricardo’s side of the Malthus Papers in the Collection of Kanto Gakuen University’

Chair: Shinji FUKUDA (Hirosaki University)

Discussant: Matthew Smith (University of Sydney)

Rejoinder and free discussion

15:10～15:40 Coffee Break

15:40～16:40 The 8th Session on Post-Keynesian Monetary Economics

Atsushi NAITO (Ohtsuki City College): ‘Nominality of Money: Theory of Credit Money and Chartalism’

Chair: Shigemasa SATO (Onomichi City University, Emeritus)

Discussant: Aldo BARBA (University of Naples Federico II)

Rejoinder and free discussion

16:50～17:50 The 9th Session on David Ricardo

Aldo BARBA (University of Naples Federico II): ‘Ricardo Against the Landlords: on His Plan for Paying off the National Debt by a Tax on Property’

Chair: Kazunori YAMAKURA (Nihon University)

Discussant: Yuji SATO (Rikkyo University)

Rejoinder and free discussion

17：50～18：00 Concluding Remarks

18：30～20：30 Farewell Party

 

• This Workshop is organized by the research project of the Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (No. 16H03602) of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.

International Workshop on Classical Economists and Classical Monetary Theory 2017 Held on 14th and 15th March 2017 at Rikkyo University, Tokyo, Japan, With the Aid of the Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (no. 16H03602) of the Japan Society of the Promotion of Science.

 

Dates: 14th and 15th March 2017

Place: Room A302, Bldg. No. 11, Rikkyo University

 

Programme

 

14th March 2017

10:20: Opening Remarks Yuji SATO

10:30-11:30 Session 1

Yuji SATO (Rikkyo University): The Miraculous 200 years: English Classical Economics 1623–1823

Chair: Masashi IZUMO (Kanagawa University)

11:30-13:30 Lunch

14:40-15:40 Session 3

Atsushi NAITO (Ohtsuki City College): Inflation Targeting Policy and the Theory of Natural Interest Rate

Chair: Matthew SMITH (University of Sydney)

15:40-16:20 Coffee Break

16:20-17:30 Session 4

Rebeca Gomès BETANCOURT (Universtité Lumière Lyon 2) : The Ideal Currency of the Future: David Ricardo, Alexander Martin Lindsay, J. M. Keynes and E. W. Kemmerer on India Gold Exchange Standard

Chair: Susumu TAKENAGA (Daito Bunka Univeristy) 

18:00 Welcome Party (at Fujidana, one of the dining rooms of Rikkyo University)

 

15th March 2017

13:00-14:00 Session 5

Shigeki TOMO (Formerly Professor at Kyoto Sangyo University):

The Hayek Edition of Thornton’s Paper Credit – Its Place in the History of Economic Thought

Chair: Rebeca Gomès Betancourt (Université Lumière Lyon 2)

14:10-15:10 Session 6

Kazunori YAMAKURA (Nihon University): Henry Thornton’s Thoughts on Monetary Policy 1802-1811

Chair: Yuji SATO (Rikkyo Uiversity)

15:10-15:40 Coffee Break

15:40-16:40 Session 7

Susumu TAKENAGA (Daito Bunka University):

Ricardo’s Initial Plan for the Monetary Reform: How Was It Conceived, and What Were Its Consequences?

Chair: Shigeyoshi SENGA (Yokohama City University Emeritus) 16:50-18:00 Session 8

Matthew SMITH (University of Sydney): Thomas Tooke's Contribution to Classical Monetary Economics: A Contemporary Perspective

Chair: Taro HISAMATSU (Doshisha University)

18:00 Concluding Remarks Susumu TAKENAGA

18:30 Farewell Party (at Tante Grazie, an Italian restaurant very near from Rikkyo University)