This edited volume traces the development of the Marxian theory of finance in Japan. Japanese Marxists have long been engaged in this field of study, yet their achievements are hardly known in other languages. Japanese Discourses on the Marxian Theory of Finance brings together in English for the first time six core essays essential to the understanding of the history and development of Japanese Marxian economics. Part I considers the so-called Uno-Miyake debate, which shaped the direction of the research in postwar Japan. Part II includes the three core essays influenced by Uno, including an essay by Shigekatsu Yamaguchi, who introduced a new method to systematically deal with "credit creation" which must be duly taken into consideration if scholars are to analyze today's "financialization." Finally, the last two essays follow from Yamaguchi's influential theory to consider the relation of banking with the capital market to complete the theory of finance in Marxian economics.

Autorentext
Kei Ehara is Associate Professor of Political Economy at Oita University, Japan. His research interest is the theoretical studies of Marxian political economy, particularly the theory of value and the theory of crisis.

Inhalt
An Introduction to Japanese Studies of Marxian Theory of Finance, by Kei Ehara
Chapter 1. Kozo Uno, On a Money Capitalist in Capital
Chapter 2. Yoshio Miyake, Theory of Interest-bearing Capital
Chapter 3. Kozo Uno, How to Develop the Theory of Interest: arguing against Miyake's critique of Principles of Political Economy
Chapter 4. Shigekatsu Yamaguchi, A Systematic Approach to Marxian Credit Theory Based on Uno Theory
Chapter 5. Masashi Shimizu, Banking Capital and Credit System
Chapter 6. Kei Ehara, Banking and Capital