Makoto Itoh
Japanese economist (1936–2023)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Makoto Itoh (伊藤 誠, Itō Makoto; April 20, 1936 – February 7, 2023) was a Japanese economist who was considered internationally to be one of the most important scholars of Karl Marx's theory of value. He taught at Kokugakuin University, Tokyo, and was a professor emeritus of the University of Tokyo.
Makoto Itoh | |
|---|---|
| |
| Born | April 20, 1936 Tokyo, Japan |
| Died | February 7, 2023 (aged 86) |
| Academic background | |
| Influences | Kozo Uno, Karl Marx |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Marxian economics |
School or tradition | Marxian economics |
Itoh belonged to the school of economic thought founded by Kozo Uno and was one of the few Japanese Marxian economists who published widely in English-language journals such as Science & Society, Monthly Review, Capital & Class, New Left Review and Ampo. He published 24 books, of which 6 are in English, and 5 are translated and published in Chinese.
Itoh died from a heart attack on February 7, 2023, at the age of 86.[1]
Books in English
- Value and Crisis (1980).
- The Basic Theory of Capitalism (1987)
- The world economic crisis and Japanese capitalism (1990)
- Political Economy for Socialism (1995)
- with Costas Lapavitsas, Political economy of money and finance (1999)
- The Japanese Economy Reconsidered (2000)
Articles in English
- Itoh, Makoto: "Money and credit in socialist economies: A reconsideration," Capital & Class, issue no. 60 (Autumn 1996). (retrieved from bnet 12-04-2010).
- Itoh, Makoto: "Skilled Labour in Value Theory" Capital & Class, issue no. 11 (Spring 1987) no. 1 pp. 39–58