Professor Takatoshi Ito will speak with Takeo Hoshi, both coauthors of The Japanese Economy, Second Edition (The MIT Press, 2020), on a Tokyo College Online Discussion Series to discuss current issues in the Japanese Economy. Taka and Takeo Explain the Japanese Economy: "The Japanese Economy" Online Discussion Season 2 [Online discussion series on YouTube] Event 1: March 10, How to achieve Carbon Neutral by 2050 Event 2: March 17, Should we introduce carbon pricing? Event 3: March 24, Demise of the traditional labor practices? Event 4: March 31, Post-pandemic labor market in Japan Videos are available here. The Center on Japanese Economy and Business is an outreach partner for these events. Contact: [email protected] For more information click here.
Mentioned Faculty
Takatoshi Ito
Takatoshi Ito is one of Japan premier economists. A professor at the prestigious University of Tokyo, he is the author or co-author of several books on the Japanese and global economy. He served in the Japanese government as Deputy Vice Minister for International Finance in the Ministry of Finance and was a member of Japan’s Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy. He has been a senior advisor in the research department of the International Monetary Fund and has taught at Harvard University and the University of Minnesota.