Trousson, Raymond / Vercruysse, Jeroom (dir.), Dictionnaire general de Voltaire. (Champion classiques, references et dictionnaires 18) 1272 p. 2020:10 (Champion, FR) <670-9>
ISBN 978-2-38096-016-7 paper ¥7,064.- (税込) EUR 38.00

P.クラーク著　活動するケインズ－公共政策における真実と有用性
Clarke, Peter, Keynes in Action: Truth and Expediency in Public Policy. 230 pp. 2022:10 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <685-134>
ISBN 978-1-00-925501-1 hard ¥8,543.- (税込) GB￡ 29.99 *

John Maynard Keynes died in 1946 but his ideas and his example remain relevant today. In this distinctive new account, Peter Clarke shows how Keynes's own career was not simply that of an academic economist, nor that of a modern policy advisor. Though rightly credited for reshaping economic theory, Keynes's influence was more broadly based and is assessed here in a rounded historical, political and cultural context. Peter Clarke re-examines the full trajectory of Keynes's public career from his role in Paris over the Versailles Treaty to Bretton Woods. He reveals how Keynes's insights as an economic theorist were rooted in his wider intellectual and cultural milieu including Bloomsbury and his friendship with Virginia Woolf as well as his involvement in government business. Keynes in Action uncovers a much more pragmatic Keynes whose concept of 'truth' needs to be interpreted in tension with an acknowledgement of 'expediency' in implementing public policy.

F.A.ハイエク全集　第19巻
Hayek, F. A., Law, Legislation, and Liberty: A New Statement of the Liberal Principles of Justice and Political Economy. Ed. by J. Shearmur. (The Collected Works of F. A. Hayek 19) 612 pp. 2022:8 (Routledge, UK) <685-135>
ISBN 978-0-415-03532-3 hard ¥38,461.- (税込) GB￡ 135.00 *

A new edition of F. A. Hayek's three-part opus Law, Legislation, and Liberty, collated in a single volumeIn this critical entry in the Collected Works of F. A. Hayek series, political philosopher Jeremy Shearmur collates Hayek's three-part study of law and liberty and places Hayek's writings in careful historical context. Incisive and unrestrained, Law, Legislation, and Liberty is Hayek at his late-life best, making it essential reading for understanding the philosopher's politics and worldview. These three volumes constitute a scaling up of the framework offered in Hayek's famed The Road to Serfdom. Volume 1, Rules and Order, espouses the virtues of classical liberalism; Volume 2, The Mirage of Social Justice, examines the societal forces that undermine liberalism and, with it, liberalism's capacity to induce "spontaneous order"; and Volume 3, The Political Order of a Free People, proposes alternatives and interventions against emerging anti-liberal movements, including a rule of law that resides in stasis with personal freedom. Shearmur's treatment of this challenging work-including an immersive new introduction, a conversion of Hayek's copious endnotes to footnotes, corrections to Hayek's references and quotations, and the provision of translations to material that Hayek cited only in languages other than English-lends it new importance and accessibility. Rendered anew for the next generations of scholars, this revision of Hayek's Law, Legislation, and Liberty is sure to become the standard.

Lai, Cheng-chung / Ho, Tai-kuang, History of Economic Ideas in 20 Talks. 156 pp. 2022:9 (Springer, GW) <685-136>
ISBN 978-981-19-4505-2 hard ¥11,766.- (税込) EUR 49.99

This book provides a concise history of economic thought for readers of all ages. While some basic economics knowledge would be helpful, it is not required. The book sets out to achieve three aims: to be interesting, entertaining, and thought-provoking. While the authors may appear opinionated in certain instances, this is intentionally done in order to alert readers to form their own views. History of ideas does not make the us smarter nor richer, but it can reduce our ignorance and the "banality of evil"-a term Hannah Arendt referred to people who lack self-reflection, "He did his duty...; he not only obeyed orders, he also obeyed the law."

B.Soederstenのポートレート
Lundahl, Mats, Bo Soedersten from Left to Right: Portrait of a Political Economist. (Palgrave Studies in the History of Economic Thought) 198 pp. 2022:9 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <685-137>
ISBN 978-3-031-09100-1 hard ¥10,589.- (税込) EUR 44.99

This book explores the economic work and legacy of Bo Soedersten. While best known internationally for his textbook International Economics, Soedersten's influence stretches well beyond this. Through his academic work and newspaper articles, he covered a wide spectrum of topics that often challenged conventional wisdom. By examining his work on housing, the labor-managed economy, development economics, nuclear power, childcare, and higher education, a full view of his diverse work is presented. This book aims to provide insight into the motivations and impact of Bo Soedersten during each phase of his life: his academic career, his political life, and his time as a debater-provocateur. It will be relevant to students and researchers interested in Swedish economics, the history of economic thought, and international economics.

Pomini, Mario, Luigi Amoroso: The Building of Economics Between Science and Ideology. (Palgrave Studies in the History of Economic Thought) 177 pp. 2022:11 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <685-138>
ISBN 978-3-031-10338-4 hard ¥23,536.- (税込) EUR 99.99 *

This book outlines the rich and complex path of Luigi Amoroso, the main exponent of the Paretian School in Italy and probably the most important Italian mathematical economist during the interwar period. The author presents, in a systematic form, the evolution of Amoros's thinking and his main achievements. Despite his relevance, many aspects of Amoroso's thought are little known or misunderstood. This volume delves further to explore the Paretian tradition in which Amoroso enlisted, the conservative anti-democratic ideology that prompted his adhesion to fascism, his contribution to defining the main features of economic theory as formal science, and his various contributions to specific fields such as microeconomic theory, equilibrium dynamics, business cycles and non-competitive markets. It will be relevant to students and researchers interested in the history of economic thought.

V.L.スミス他著　市場の経済学－新古典派理論、実験、古典派の価格の発見
Smith, Vernon L. / Inoua, Sabiou M., Economics of Markets: Neoclassical Theory, Experiments, and Theory of Classical Price Discovery. 222 pp. 2022:10 (Palgrave Macmillan, UK) <685-139>
ISBN 978-3-031-08427-0 hard ¥10,589.- (税込) EUR 44.99 *

This book establishes that neoclassical economics based on the marginal utility calculus failed to derive a theory of consumer market price discovery consistent with the experimental market evidence. Such markets involve inherently discrete final-demand items bought for consumption and not subject to resale. Classical economists following Adam Smith articulated a rich narrative of price discovery theory consistent with experimental evidence based on operational concepts of discrete demand values (maximum willingness-to-pay), and symmetrically, supply costs (minimum willingness-to-accept). We develop and extend a mathematical model of classical market price formation. Chapter 1 & 2 describes this theme and chapter 3 connects it with experiments. Chapter 4 builds on experimental examples for an intuitive overview of the theory. A partial equilibrium version of the theory constitutes Chapter 5. Chapter 6 extends this framework to price formation by wealth constrained agents in multiple-goods markets. Chapter 7 applies this framework to the study of re-tradable durable-goods and financial claims that are subject to sources of instability absent in markets for consumer non-durables.

八木紀一郎著　近代日本経済思想－1950年までの思想史
Yagi, Kiichiro, Modern Japanese Economic Thought: An Intellectual History to 1950. (Routledge Studies in the History of Economics) 224 pp. 2022:12 (Routledge, UK) <685-140>
ISBN 978-0-367-53293-2 hard ¥35,612.- (税込) GB￡ 125.00 *
ISBN 978-0-367-53294-9 paper ¥10,253.- (税込) GB￡ 35.99 *

Since the late-19th century, Japan has made remarkable strides in industrialization. Beginning with the economic vision of Miura Baien in the 18th century, and employing a detailed comparison with the West, this book delves into the economic thought of the scholars who played a pivotal role in Japan's modernization process. The author takes Fukuzawa Yukichi's theory of 'civilization' as the standard measure of Japan's modernization and compares it with differing visions from various critics whose research focused on rural poverty and social problems, such as Maeda Masana, early socialists, Yanagita Kunio and Kawakami Hajime. Further, the book explores new liberalism (Ishibashi Tanzan, Fukuda Tokuzo) and Marxism (Yamada Moritaro, Uno Kozo) in the 1920s and 1930s. After discussing the dilemmas faced by economists during wartime (Takata Yasuma, Ryu Shintaro, Shibata Kei), the author concludes this intellectual history with the country's post-1945 democratic reforms and their early demise.This book is valuable reading for students and researchers of Japan's intellectual history. However, due to the book's comparative perspective, as well as the universality of the modernization experience, it will also appeal to students and researchers of the history of economic thought and modern intellectual history.

Bielschowsky, Ricardo / Boianovsky, M. / Coutinho, M. C. (eds.), A History of Brazilian Economic Thought: From Colonial Times through the Early 21st Century. (The Routledge History of Economic Thought) 288 pp. 2023 (Routledge, UK) <685-133>
ISBN 978-1-03-202930-6 hard ¥35,612.- (税込) GB￡ 125.00 *

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the evolution of Brazilian economic thought ranging from colonial times through to the early 21st century. It explores the production of ideas on the Brazilian economy through various forms of publication and contemporary thoughts on economic contexts and development policies, all closely reflecting the evolution of economic history.After an editorial introduction, it opens with a discussion of the issue of the historical limits to and circumstances of the production of pure economic theory by Brazilian economists. The proceeding chapters follow the classical periodization of Brazilian economic history, starting with the colonial economy (up until the early 19th century) and the transition into an economy independent from Portugal (1808 through the 1830s) when formal independence took place in 1822. The third part deals with the "coffee era" (1840s to 1930s). The last part covers the "developmentalist" and "globalization" eras (1930-2010).This book is ideal for international and national scholars in social sciences, students in both undergraduate and graduate courses in economics, and any individuals interested in Brazilian economic and intellectual history.