9th International Keynes Conference

9th International Keynes Conference

Exploring Keynes from Various Fronts

Supported by the Keynes Society Japan (KSJ)

Sano Shoin, Hitotsubashi University

19 March (Tues.) 2013

15:00 “On KSJ Activities for Our Foreign Colleagues”

Toshiaki Hirai (President, KSJ)

Session I. Governance, Money and Uncertainty

Chair: Louis-Philippe Rochon (Laurentian University, Canada)

 Roderick O’Donnell (University of Technology Sydney, Australia)

 “Two Different Approaches to Uncertainty: The Human Characteristics/Abilities Approach, and the Ergodic/Nonergodic Approach”

Discussant: Arata Fujiwara (Rikkyo University)

16:15 Michael Trautwein (University of Oldenburg, Germany)

“Economic Thinking about Transnational Governance: Blind Spots and Historical Perspectives”    

Discussant: Asahi Noguchi (Senshu University)

17:15 Masao Ishikura (Hitotsubashi University)

 　　“Marx and Keynes on Money: from the Perspective of the Value Form and the Money-of-account”

  　

     Discussant: Yasutoshi Noshita (Kokushikan University)

18:15 End of Session 

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20 March (Wed.) 2013

Session II. Keynes and International System

Chair:Michael Trautwein (University of Oldenburg, Germany)

10:00 Toshiaki Hirai (Hitotsubashi University)

    

“Keynes and the Transmutation Process of the Plan for Commodity Control 

Scheme”

Discussant: Luca Fantacci (Bocconi University, Italy)

11:00 Luca Fantacci (Bocconi University, Italy)

“Keynes’s Commodity and Currency Plans for the Post-War World” 

Discussant:Yoshio Watanabe (Meiji University) 

12:00 Louis-Philippe Rochon (Laurentian University, Canada)

“Currency Speculation, Capital Controls and the Keynes Plan”

Discussant: Jiro Obata　(Rissho University)

Session III. Keynesian Theories and Thinking

Chair: Luca Fantacci (Bocconi University, Italy)

14:00 Toichiro Asada (Chuo University) 

“Monetary Stabilization Policy by Means of the Taylor Rule in a Dynamic Keynesian Model with Capital Accumulation”

　　Discussant: Nobuhiro Ito (Takasaki City University of Economics)

15:00 Atushi Naito (Ohtsuki City College)

“Return of the Rentier: Keynes’s View on ‘the Euthanasia of the 
Rentier’ Revisited”　　 

Discussant: Louis-Philippe Rochon (Laurentian University, Canada)

16:00 Ryuzo Kuroki (Rikkyo University)

“Minsky Moment”

Discussant: Hirohiko Okumura (Gakushuin University)

17:00

End of Session

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*[Breakdown]

Presentation 30 min.

 Discussant 5min.

Rejoinder 5min.

Floor 20min.

8th International Keynes Conference

21March is the 8th International Keynes Conference

 

International Workshop 

“Cambridge Approach to Economics: History and Legacy”

Florence, 20-22 March 2012

Sala Gigli, Palazzo Panciatichi e Capponi-Covoni – Via Cavour, 4

Programme

20 March 2012, Tuesday

20.00 Welcome dinner: Ristorante “Da Giovanni”, Via del Moro 22 

21 March 2012, Wednesday – Economic Theory and Policy: Marshall’s Legacy 

09.15 Welcome address: Giuliano Fedeli (Vice-President of the Regional Council of Tuscany)

I Session. Chair: Fabio Masini (University of Roma Tre)

09.30 Marco Dardi (University of Florence), Marshall on Ricardo

Discussant: Tamotsu Nishizawa (Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo); debate

10.15 Satoshi Yamazaki (University of Tasmania), Need and Distribution in Pigou's Economic Thinking

Discussant: Richard Arena (University of Nice, Sophia Antipolis); debate

11.00 Coffee break

11.30 Keith Tribe (University of Sussex), The Making of Welfare Economics: from Wealth and Welfare to The Economics of Welfare

Discussant: Francesco Cattabrini (University of Roma Tre); debate

12.30 Lunch: “Trattoria Toscana”, P.zza San Lorenzo 8r 

II Session. Chair: Tiziano Raffaelli (University of Pisa)

14.00 Carlo Cristiano (University of Pisa), Marketing, production knowledge, and innovation: a Marshallian perspective on post-Coasian theories of the firm

Discussant: Masashi Kondo (Osaka Prefecture University); debate

14.45 Kenji Fujii (Aoyamagakuin University, Tokyo), What it means to be a Marshallian

Discussant: Katia Caldari (University of Padova); debate

15.30 Dieter Plehwe (Yale University), Neoliberal Think Tanks and the Crisis

Discussant: Fabio Masini (University of Roma Tre); debate

16.15 Coffee break

16.45 Fabio Masini (University of Roma Tre), Neoliberalism and Federalism. Converging or Diverging International Orders?

Discussant: Keith Tribe (University of Sussex); debate

17.30 Roger Backhouse (University of Birmingham), General comments

18.00 End of session

20.00 Dinner: Ristorante “Paoli”, Via de’ Tavolini 12r 

22 March 2012, Thursday - The World of Finance after Keynes

III Session. Chair: Roger Backhouse (University of Birmingham)

(1) 09.15 Toshiaki Hirai, Keynes and the Case for Europe

Discussants: Fabio Ranchetti Fabio Ranchetti (Università di Pisa) and Sergio Nisticò (Università di Cassino); debate 

(2) 10.15 Anna Carabelli and Mario Cedrini (University of Eastern Piedmont), Some Foreseeable Disasters of the Global Economy: The High Cost of Neglecting Keynes’s Approach

Discussants: Toshiaki Hirai (Sophia University, Tokyo) and Sergio Nisticò (Università di Cassino); debate 

11.15 Coffee break

(3) 11.30 Julio Lopez Gallardo (UNAM, Mexico City), Keynes, Kalecki and the Real World

Discussants: Fernando Cardim de Carvalho (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro) and Anna Simonazzi (University of Rome, La Sapienza); debate 

12.30 Lunch: “Trattoria San Lorenzo”, Borgo San Lorenzo 53r 

IV Session. Chair: Maria Cristina Marcuzzo (University of Rome, La Sapienza)

(4) 14.00 Fernando Cardim de Carvalho (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro), Liquidity Preference of Banks and Crisis 

Discussants: Anna Simonazzi (University of Rome, La Sapienza) and Luca Fantacci (Bocconi University, Milan); debate 

(5) 15.00 Luca Fantacci (Bocconi University, Milan), Time for Bancor: Keynes's Currency Plan as a Solution to Global Imbalances

Discussants: Mario Cedrini (University of Eastern Piedmont) and Julio Lopez Gallardo (UNAM, Mexico City); debate

16.00 Coffee break

(6)16.15 Atsushi Komine (Ryukoku University, Kyoto), Why did Keynes promote Grace I in 1921? A Cambridge University Officer’s Attitude towards Conferring Degrees on Women

Discussants: Maria Cristina Marcuzzo (University of Rome, La Sapienza) and Anna Carabelli (University of Eastern Piedmont); debate

(7) 17.15 Makoto Nishibe (Hokkaido University), The Trend of Economic Thinking of Market and Money and its Error: What is the Hayek’s Position on the Issues?

Discussants: Anna Carabelli (University of Eastern Piedmont) and Fabio Ranchetti (Università di Pisa); debate

18.15 End of Workshop

7th International Keynes Conference at Sophia

7th International Keynes Conference at Sophia (IKCS)
Whither the World Capitalism?
―　Dialogue in “Keynes’s Spirits” ―
The main purpose of this conference is to discuss how the capitalistic economy is
and where it is going to be headed, covering economic theory, economic policy and social philosophy.
  We need a new development, quite different from “New Classical Economics and Neo Liberalism”. Keynes is the very person who can provide us with great momentum for breaking through the state of stagnation into which economics, economic policy as well as social philosophy, philosophy and culture are falling.
With this problem consciousness, in a word, “Keynes’s Spirits”, we are to hold this
conference.
Dates: March 1 (Tues.) 2-510
March 2 (Wed.) 12-303
Venue: L-921 (Library), Sophia University, Tokyo
(IKCS)
Whither the World Capitalism?
―　Dialogue in “Keynes’s Spirits” ―
The main purpose of this conference is to discuss how the capitalistic economy is
and where it is going to be headed, covering economic theory, economic policy and social philosophy.
  We need a new development, quite different from “New Classical Economics and Neo Liberalism”. Keynes is the very person who can provide us with great momentum for breaking through the state of stagnation into which economics, economic policy as well as social philosophy, philosophy and culture are falling.
With this problem consciousness, in a word, “Keynes’s Spirits”, we are to hold this
conference.
Dates: March 1 (Tues.) 2-510
March 2 (Wed.) 12-303
Venue: L-921 (Library), Sophia University, Tokyo

6th International Keynes Conference at Sophia (IKCS)

6th International Keynes Conference at Sophia (IKCS)

The World Economic Crisis and Keynes
Manifesto of the Transformation

The main purpose of this conference is to discuss how the capitalistic economy is and where it is going to be headed, covering economic theory, economic policy and social philosophy. The key phrase there is “Manifesto of Transformation”, which implies the defeat and failure of what has been prevalent over these three decades (New Classical Economics and Neo-Liberalism), and the emergence of the modern version of the “Keynes-Beveridge” system. We have invited distinguished scholars from all over the world for this conference.
　 We are very happy to tell you that the following book has just been out which perfectly comes from our previous International Keynes Conferences held at Sophia:

The Return to Keynes, ed. by B. Bateman, T. Hirai and M.C. Marcuzzo, Harvard University Press, 2010.

The Book Review Session is to be held on Day 1.

Those scholars and graduates who would like to participate in this conference are most welcome. Reservation is required due to the limited capacity for the venue. Do not hesitate to email us: hirai-t@sophia.ac.jp

                                           Toshiaki Hirai (Chief Organizer)

Dates: March 2 (Tues.) and 3(Wed.)
10:00 – (around) 18:00
Venue: L-921 (Library), Sophia University, Tokyo

Presenters (in order of presentation)
  1. Sunanda Sen (Professor of Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India)
  2. Yoshiyasu Ono (Professor, Osaka University, Japan)
  3. Luca Fantacci (Assistant Professor, University of Bocconi, Italy)
  4. Amos Witztum (Professor, London Metropolitan Business School, UK)
  5. Maria Cristina Marcuzzo (Professor, University of Rome , Italy)　
  6. Asahi Noguchi (Professor, Senshu University, Japan）
  7. Randall Wray (Professor, University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA)
  8. Xinhua Liu (Associate Professor, Shaanxi Normal University, China)
  9. Toshiaki Hirai (Professor, Sophia University, Japan)

Commentators
  10. Tetsuji Kawamura (Professor, Hosei University, Japan)
  11. Yoshio Watanabe (Professor, Meiji University, Japan)
  12. Masanobu Sato (Special Lecturer, Daito Bunka University, Japan)

Program
Day 1 (2 March, Tues.)
Time Presenter Title Commentator

10:00-12:20
Chair: M.C. Marcuzzo

(1) Sunanda Sen
(Jawaharlal Nehru
University, New Delhi)
The Melt-down of the Global Economy: A Keynes- Minsky Episode?

T. Kawamura  (Hosei University)

(2) Luca Fantacci
(University of Bocconi, Italy) Back to Which Bretton Woods?

Y. Watanabe (Meiji University)

12:20-13:40　　　　 Lunch

13:40-16:00

Chair: S. Sen
(3) Yoshiyasu Ono
(Osaka University)
Nominal Wage Adjustment, Demand Shortage and Economic Policy
R. Wray

(4) Amos Witztum
(London Metropolitan Business School)
Keynes: A Misguided Revolution?
M. Sato (Daito Bunka University)

16:00-16:50 Coffee Break

16:50-18:00
Chair:T. Hirai

(5) Marcuzzo, Hirai, and Ono
The Return to Keynes (ed. by B. Bateman, T. Hirai and M.C. Marcuzzo, Harvard University Press, Feb. 2010)
R. Wray and L. Fantacci

Day 2 (3 March, Wed.)

10:00-12:20

Chair:A. Witztum

(6) Asahi Noguchi　(Senshu University)
The State of Macroeconomics in View of the World Economic Crisis

Y. Ono

(7) Toshiaki Hirai (Sophia University)
Whither Capitalism?
S. Sen

12:20-13:40　　　　 Lunch

13:40-16:00

Chair:L. Fantacci
(8) Randall Wray (University of Missouri-Kansas City)
Financial Keynesianism and Market Instability

M.C. Marcuzzo
(9) Maria Cristina Marcuzzo (University of Rome)
 Re-embracing Keynes:Scholars, Admirers and Skeptics in the Aftermath of the Crisis
X. Liu


16:00-16:50
Coffee Break

16:50-18:40
Chair:T. Hirai

(15min. per each talk)
(10) Randall Wray (Univ. of Missouri-Kansas City), Asahi Noguchi (Senshu University) & Xinhua Liu (Shaanxi Normal University)

The Future of Capitalism

70 minutes per paper. 25 min. for a presenter; 10 min. for a commentator, 10 min. for a presenter's response; 25 min. for general discussion between a presenter and the participants (Book Review Session and Round-table Discussion are to follow a different rule).

(5th) 2009 International Keynes Conference

(5th) 2009 International Keynes Conference
at Sophia (IKCS) ―　Global Crisis and Keynes: Present and Past

The main purpose of this conference is to deepen our understanding of economics past and today and to ask where economics is going, in terms of Keynes’s influence and Keynesianism, which have been influential from the early 1920s up to the present day. It will be discussed in terms of the history of economic thought and economic theory/policy. We will sincerely welcome the collaboration between the two fields of economics.
  This conference is composed of two areas.

(i) Keynes’s or Keynesian theory/policy in relation to the present global crisis.
(ii) Keynes’s influences from various points of view such as history, ethics and so forth.

   In this conference, economists with diverse backgrounds are invited to contribute his/her paper. We are sure that this project should be a great opportunity to study, examine, and discuss the above themes.

  This is the fifth International Keynes Conference (IKC). Based on the IKCs so far held four times, the following book is gonna to be out:

Bateman, Hirai and Marcuzzo, eds. The Return to Keynes, Harvard University Press.

Date: 17 (Tues.) [10:00-18:00] and 18 (Wed.) March [10:00-18:00]
Venue: Room 2-510, Fifth Floor, Bldg. 2, Sophia University


Programme

Day 1 (17 March, Tues.)
Time Presenter Title Commentator


10:00-12:20
Chair: Jan Kregel

1 Maria Cristina Marcuzzo (Univ. of Rome)
 Speculation in Commodities: Keynes’s “Practical Acquaintance” with Futures Markets1
Toshiaki Hirai


2 Tsutomu Watanabe (Hitotsubashi Univ.)
The Liquidity Trap: A New Keynesian View
Kevin Hoover

12:20-13:50　　　　
Lunch

13:50-16:10
Chair: Maria Cristina Marcuzzo
3 Jan Kregel (Levy Economics Institute of Bard College)
Keynes,Liquidity Preference and Bank Bailouts in the Sub-Prime Financial Crisis

Touichiro　Asada (Chuo Univ.)

4 Perry Mehrling (Barnard College, Columbia Univ.)
 Keynes after Modern Finance: Perspectives on the Global Crisis2
Ryuzo Kuroki (Rikkyo Univ.)

16:10-16:40 Coffee Break
16:40-17:50

Chair:Kevin Hoover
5. Atsushi Komine (Ryukoku Univ.) and Takeshi Ikeda (Rikkyo Univ.)

(translators’ report)
On Keynes and his Battles
Gilles Dostaler

Day 2 (18 March, Wed.)

10:00-12:20
Chair:Anna Carabelli
6.Gilles Dostaler (Univ. of Québec at Montreal)
Keynes and the Love of Money: the Freudian Connection
 Hiroyuki Shimodaira (Yamagata Univ.)

7 Toshiaki Hirai (Sophia Univ.)
International Design and the British Empire
 Perry Mehrling


12:00-13:50　　　　 Lunch

13:50-16:10

Chair:Bradley Bateman
8 Kevin Hoover (Duke Univ.)
 Was Harrod Right?
Yoshihiko Hakamata (Chuo Univ.)
9 Anna Maria Carabelli & Mario Cedrini (University of Oriental Piedmont)
 The Economic Problem of Happiness: Keynes on Happiness and Economics
Yoshio Watanabe (Meiji Univ.)
16:10-16:40
Coffee Break

16:40-17:50
Chair: Perry Mehrling
 10 Bradley Bateman (Denison University)
Keynes Returns to America
Asahi Noguchi (Senshu Univ.)
70 minutes per paper. 20 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
(Chief Organizer, Prof., Faculty of Economics, Sophia Univ., Tokyo)