From: ??? (rieudm@CNU.AC.KR)
Date: Thu Mar 24 2005 - 18:59:00 EST
I don't know if we on this list have taken note of another Japanese economist, Nobuo Okishio's death in Nov., 2003. Although Okishio tried to use various tools of "burgeoisie" economics, he was a "Marxian" economist in every sense of the term. Dong-Min ----- Original Message ----- From: Gerald_A_Levy@MSN.COM To: OPE-L@SUS.CSUCHICO.EDU Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:53 PM Subject: [OPE-L] Michio Morishima, 1923-2004 I don't think we have taken note yet of the death this past July of Michio Morishima. It is hard to believe that anyone who seriously studied Marxian economics in the 1970s was not aware of his writings. He was certainly an influential figure for my generation of radical economists, but what exactly was that influence? ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` A short obituary from _The Japan Times_ < http://202.221.217.59/print/business/nb07-2004/nb20040716a6.htm > An announcement by LSE: < http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/pressAndInformationOffice/newsAndEvents/archives/2004/Michio_Morishima.htm > From December, 2004, a tribute at a memorial meeting by Kotaro Suzumura: < http://sticerd.lseac.uk/tribute/Suzumura.pdf > older New School page on Morishima: < http://cepa.newschool.edu/het/profiles/morish.htm ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` While Morishima was not a Marxian, he was certainly widely read by radical economists, especially in the 1970s. While you might not agree with his perspective in _Marx's Economics_ (Cambridge University Press, 1973), I don't think there can be any doubt that it was a sympathetic critique of Marx. What, though, was his influence on the generation of Marxians who read this book? Are there some aspects of his critique that we should accept as valid? In solidarity, Jerry
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