Tsuru Shigeto
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was a Japanese economist.
Tsuru took his Ph.D. at Harvard University in 1940. Tsuru worked in the Foreign Ministry as economic advisor to the Economic and Scientific Section of the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers, and during the Socialist coalition government of 1947-1948 he was Vice Minister of the Economic Stabilization Board (at the age of 35). After the conservative electoral ascendancy he became the president of Hitotsubashi University
and served as editorial adviser at the Asahi Shimbun
. In 1985, receiving an honorary degree from Harvard University.
A prominent cousin of his was Kiso Tsuru
a doctor and humanitarian who lived in Mexico most of his life.
Tsuru took his Ph.D. at Harvard University in 1940. Tsuru worked in the Foreign Ministry as economic advisor to the Economic and Scientific Section of the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers, and during the Socialist coalition government of 1947-1948 he was Vice Minister of the Economic Stabilization Board (at the age of 35). After the conservative electoral ascendancy he became the president of Hitotsubashi University
Hitotsubashi University
is a national university specialised in the social sciences in Tokyo, Japan. The University has campuses in Kunitachi, Kodaira, and Kanda.Hitotsubashi is considered as one of the most prestigious universities in Japan. It is ranked 25th in the world in 2011 by École des Mines de Paris.Hitotsubashi...
and served as editorial adviser at the Asahi Shimbun
Asahi Shimbun
The is the second most circulated out of the five national newspapers in Japan. Its circulation, which was 7.96 million for its morning edition and 3.1 million for its evening edition as of June 2010, was second behind that of Yomiuri Shimbun...
. In 1985, receiving an honorary degree from Harvard University.
A prominent cousin of his was Kiso Tsuru
Kiso Tsuru
, was a Japanese philanthropist who lived in Mexico most of his life and made many contributions to the economies of both Japan and Mexico during the 20th century. Mr. Tsuru helped to build Japanese neighborhoods and schools and created jobs for Mexicans...
a doctor and humanitarian who lived in Mexico most of his life.
Works
- "On Reproduction Schemes", 1942, in Paul SweezyPaul SweezyPaul Marlor Sweezy was a Marxist economist, political activist, publisher, and founding editor of the long-running magazine Monthly Review...
, 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