著者

植村 博恭

出版者

経済理論学会

雑誌

季刊経済理論 (ISSN:18825184)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.52, no.1, pp.4-21, 2015-04-20 (Released:2017-04-25)

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In order to reconstruct the economic theory, we should develop our study on the basis of existing achievements with an intentionally refreshed methodological approach. We have developed "the institutional analysis of socio-economic systems" which integrates the regulation theory, the Post-Keynesian theory and the Radical Economics theory. We have also developed collaborative researches with the various economics of institutions and evolution, and have published books such as the Japanese version of S. Bowles's Microeconomics: Behavior, Institutions and Evolution as well as R. Boyer, H. Uemura, and A. Isogai (eds.) Diversity and Transformations of Asian Capitalisms. The aim of this paper is to investigate how we can reconstruct the economic theory, surveying and assessing the results of our collaborative researches from the theoretical point of view. We especially focus on following points. First, the methodology of this theoretical investigation is proposed, while referring to E. Sugimoto'concept of "modern economics" to emphasize the importance of productive academic discussion. Furthermore, it is pointed out that productive discussions have not been promoted due to the dominance of "the Neo-Classical paradigm". Second, after investigating the basic assumptions of the Neo-Classical paradigm, the academic significance and intrinsic theoretical problems of Marx and Keynes are considered, and it is shown how the Post-Marxian and the Post-Keynesian have tried to overcome their problems. Third, based on the recent development of the economics of institutions and evolution, we show our own research agendas on following subjects: mutually determining relations between institutions/macro processes and the behaviors of agents, meso-level coordinating mechanisms, relationships between the financial system and wage-labor nexus, the institutional varieties of capitalism. Fourth, the recent studies of price and wage determination, the financial system and international trade in contemporary capitalism are assessed thoroughly, and the new achievements of researches by the regulation theory and the contemporary Classical trade theory are studied to reconstruct the economic theory.