著者
深貝 保則
出版者
The Japanese Society for the History of Economic Thought
雑誌
経済学史学会年報 (ISSN:04534786)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.37, no.37, pp.57-69, 1999 (Released:2010-08-05)
参考文献数
21

Most of the recent research on Malthus's agricultural bias has suggested that Malthus present this physiocratic idea in his first Essay on Population (1798). However, when considering Malthus's evaluation of agriculture, it is important to make distinctions among his physiocratic inclination, his agrarian or agricultural bias, and his protectionism of agriculture. This paper demonstrates that his agricultural bias in the first Essay was non-physiocratic.First, his explanation differing from the normal physiocrats' explanation of the surplus as the ‘clear rent’, Malthus grasped the ‘surplus’ uniquely. He explained that, when the landlords obtain food, they secure their own food first, then the remaining ‘surplus of food’ can be allotted to the labourers. Second, Malthus opposed the physiocratic meaning of the productive-unproductive distinction between agriculture and manufacture. The emergency of obtaining food under condition of scarcity is considered to be crucial. In the case of scarcity, even the non-profitable agriculture should be preferred to the manufacture, because only the former can provide food for the poor; the latter simply provides luxuries for the rich. Utilizing this explanation, Malthus estimated only the agricultural as useful and ‘productive’. Recent research has misinterpreted these unique ideas presented in the first Essay of Population.
著者
山本 英司
出版者
The Japanese Society for the History of Economic Thought
雑誌
経済学史学会年報 (ISSN:04534786)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.37, no.37, pp.70-81, 1999 (Released:2010-08-05)
参考文献数
27

Much criticism has been levied against Neo-Classical Economics (NCE). Currently, even the followers of NCE have declared the need for alternative economics.This paper examines the philosophical origins of NCE. In the process of making this examination, we establish a fundamental critique against NCE, which has survived through the ‘evolutionary’ process.This paper points out the philosophical origins of NCE. First, the theoretical aspect of NCE (that is, methodological individualism), originated in Descartes. ‘Homo Economicus’ (rational economic man) and the optimum principle are derived from Descartes. Notably, the logic of Descartes ultimately depends on the proof of the existence of God. This appropriation is scandalous, in that it throws into question the very rationality of Descartes' and Neo-Classical Economics' foundations. Second, the empirical aspect (i. e., falsificationism) originated in Popper. This appropriation gave the economics a scientific aspect, insist the followers of NCE. Although Kuhn's ‘Scientific Revolutions Theory’ and ‘Paradigm Theory’ challenged falsificationism, Popper's pupil Lakatos modified Popper's theory and advocated ‘Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes’ (MSRP). In turn, this modification made falsificationism seem innocuous.This paper ends with suggestions for alternative economics, referenced with irony from Descartes and Popper: Popper's original bold trials and errors (viz., conjectures and refutations), and Descartes' ‘temporary morality’.
著者
奥田 聡
出版者
The Japanese Society for the History of Economic Thought
雑誌
経済学史学会年報 (ISSN:04534786)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.37, no.37, pp.1-13, 1999 (Released:2010-08-05)
参考文献数
39

Throughout the eighteenth century, as many economic historians have remarked, the financial markets in Northwestern Europe became integrated. Many studies have been conducted on the monetary theory and policy of that time. However, few studies have been done on monetary thought in this particular historical context. The purpose of this article is to present an alternative point of view from which to study the monetary thought of that age. First, based on recent studies, we surveyed the time period of financial crisis spanning from the Mississippi Bubble to the suspension of the Bank of England in order to ascertain the financial circumstances of that time. Second, we also surveyed studies on monetary thought of the contemporary theorists related to movement of capital and circulation of paper money. Finally, we reassert the importance of such a point of view in the historical context.
著者
川波 洋一
出版者
The Japanese Society for the History of Economic Thought
雑誌
経済学史学会年報 (ISSN:04534786)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.37, no.37, pp.14-27, 1999 (Released:2010-08-05)

The theoretically effective range of K. Marx's credit theory is examined in this paper by comparing periodic financial crises in the 19th century to contemporary financial crisis. In his analysis of the 19th century financial crises, Marx not only criticized the existing monetary theory but assimilated its effectiveness, interpreting the financial crisis as a contradiction between the real economy and the monetary economy.The 20th century exhibits several new aspects of financial crisis such as the expansion and implosion of the stock market during the 1920s and the 1930s, frequent occurrences of financial crisis in the post-war U. S. economy, and the international financial crisis during the 1990s. The new aspects of the contemporary financial system, such as the development of securities market, adoption of a managed currency system, etc., emphasize the requirement for a new theory of financial crisis.However, given that Marx's credit theory, which declared the internal relationship between accumulation of real capital and the movement of financial transactions, is an effective base for analysis, this paper concludes that the contemporary financial crisis is within the range of effectiveness of Marx's credit theory.