Description: This book sheds light on the "professional" discussion of the international gold standard and parity policies in the early twentieth century.
Review Quotes:
"Professor Ikeo provides new insights into Japanese economics and economy, and links them with international milieux by elaborating little-known Japanese contributions to the development of general equilibrium theory, Keynesian economics, and modern and early modern economic ideas. The book is best suitable for postgraduates and scholars, as well as general readers, who are eager to know Japanese competency in intellectual and technological areas." -- Atsushi Komine, Professor, Faculty of Economics, Ryukoku University, Japan
"This book explains how Japanese economists, despite their linguistic and physical distance from the Western world where economic science first flourished, were able quickly to absorb modern economic theory and made original contributions from early in the 20th century. The author skillfully reveals that mathematical economics and econometrics in Japan have a longer history than was previously believed and have had a more profound impact than was previously thought on the development of modern economics both inside and outside Japan." -- Sangbec Lee, Assistant Professor, Faculty of International Studies, Meiji Gakuin University, Japan
"This book examines the integration of Japanese economic theorists into global networks throughout the 20th century, concentrating mainly on the early 20th century, the 1930s, and the first decades after World War II. The book is a collection of updated essays that Ikeo has written over the last 15 years." - Laura HEIN, Northwestern University
"...this book is surely a worthwhile and pioneering beginning as far as the history of Japanese economic science is concerned." - M. Ali Khan, Johns Hopkins University, Journal of the History of Economic Thought