was a prominent Japanese politician and economist. Suzumura, Kotaro
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He was widely honored for his scholarship, including the Presidency of the International Economic Association. He received several honorary degrees, including one of two that were ever given to a Japanese citizen by

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Early life

He was born in 1912, the son of a

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engineer-industrialist. While in high school in

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he became politically involved in 1929–30, as a student leader in the "Anti-

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Leagues", activities against the Japanese military then in the early stages of aggression towards

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. He was imprisoned for several months. Expelled from high school, he was sent abroad to America. His undergraduate work was at

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and the

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in Madison.

Bibliography

* ''On Reproduction Schemes'', 1942, in

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, Theory of Capitalist Development * ''Has Capitalism Changed?: An International Symposium on the Nature of Contemporary Capitalism,'' (Iwanami, 1961). * ''Environmental Disruption: Proceedings of International Symposium, March, 1970, Tokyo,'' (International Social Science Council, 1970). * ''Growth and Resources Problems Related to Japan: Proceedings of Session VI of the Fifth Congress of the International Economic Association held in Tokyo, Japan,'' (Macmillan, 1978). * *''The Political Economy of the Environment: The Case of Japan.'' London : Athlone, 1999. * ''Towards a New Political Economy'', 1976. * ''Institutional Economics Revisited'', 1993 * ''Japan's Capitalism: Creative Defeat and Beyond'', 1993

References

External links

Japan's Capitalism: Creative Defeat and Beyond. – book reviews
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