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October 9, 2013

[SSJ: 8306] [Temple ICAS Event] 5 NOV 2013 Richard Smethurst: Takahashi Korekiyo - Precursor of Abenomics?

From: ICAS
Date: 2013/10/09

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Richard Smethurst: Takahashi Korekiyo - Precursor of Abenomics?

Date: Tuesday, November 5, 2013
Time: Door opens at 7:00pm, Program starts at 7:30pm
Venue: Temple University Japan Campus, Mita Hall 5F
(access: http://www.tuj.ac.jp/maps/tokyo.html)
Speaker:Richard J. Smethurst, Professor Emeritus of History and UCIS Research Professor, University of Pittsburgh Moderator:Robert Dujarric, ICAS Director
Admission: Free. Open to public
Language: English
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[Overview]

>From his illegitimate birth and adoption into the lowest stratum of the samurai class to his assassination by right-wing militarists, Takahashi Korekiyo (1854-1936) lived through tumultuous times that shaped Japan's course. Takahashi is considered "Japan's Keynes" because of the forward-thinking (and controversial) fiscal and monetary policies--including deficit financing, currency devaluation, and lower interest rates--that he implemented to help Japan rebound from the Great Depression five years before America’s recovery.


[Speaker]

Richard J. Smethurst is Professor Emeritus of History and UCIS Research Professor, University of Pittsburgh. He is the author of the acclaimed biography of Takahashi: >From Foot Soldier to Finance Minister: Takahashi Korekiyo, Japan's Keynes (Harvard East Asian Monographs), which has been published in Japanese translation by Tôyô keizai shinpô. He has authored several other books and numerous articles on contemporary Japan (see:
http://www.history.pitt.edu/faculty/smethurst-cv.php).


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Robert Dujarric, Director
Kyle Cleveland, Associate Director
Eriko Kawaguchi, Coordinator

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