Makoto Itoh
Makoto Itoh | |
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| Born | April 20, 1936 Tokyo, Japan |
| Died | February 7, 2023 (aged 86) |
| Academic career | |
| Field | Marxian economics |
| School or tradition | Marxian economics |
| Influences | Kozo Uno, Karl Marx |
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
theory of value. He taught at Kokugakuin University, Tokyo, and was a professor emeritus of the University of Tokyo
.
Itoh belonged to the school of economic thought founded by
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
References
External links
- Itoh, Makoto: The Burst of Bubble and Political Economy of the 1990s Depression. (PDF)
- Filho, Alfredo Saad: Political Economy of Money and Finance.
- Foster, John Bellamy: Marxism and the Uno School. The Basic Theory of Capitalism: The Forms and Substance of the Capitalist Economy by Makoto Itoh.
- Lapavitsas, Costas: Political Economy for Socialism.
- Hampton, Matt: Hegemony, class struggle and the radical historiography of global monetary standards.
- William K. Tabb, William K.: Political Economy for Socialism. – book reviews.
- List of current publications
- World Association of Political Economy
