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Takenori Inoki

いのき たけのり

Inoki Takenori

Aliases: 猪木 武徳

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1945-09-22 （Shiga Prefecture, Japan）
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Economist, University professor, Researcher
Active Years
1974-
Affiliations
Osaka University, International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Aoyama Gakuin University
Memberships
Science Council of Japan, Japan Economic Association
Influenced By
Charles P. Kindleberger

Education

Kyoto University
Faculty of Economics / Economics
Degree: Bachelor
Country: Japan
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Graduate School / Economics
Degree: Ph.D.
Year of Graduation: 1974
Country: United States
Ph.D. thesis: Aspects of German peasant emigration to the United States 1815-1914 (1974)

Awards

Suntory Academic Award
1987
Work: Economic Thought
Organization: Suntory Foundation
Result: 受賞
Nikkei Economic Book Culture Award
1987
Work: Economic Thought
Organization: Nikkei Inc.
Result: 受賞
Ohira Masayoshi Memorial Prize
1988
Work: International Comparison of Human Resource Formation
Organization: Ohira Memorial Foundation
Result: 受賞
Ishibashi Tanzan Prize
1998
Work: The Two Faces of a Competitive Society (published in Chuo Koron)
Organization: Ishibashi Tanzan Research Association
Result: 受賞
Yomiuri Yoshino Sakuzo Prize
2002
Work: Freedom and Order
Organization: Yomiuri Shimbun
Result: 受賞
Takeo Kuwabara Academic Award
2005
Work: Modern Japan as Appearing in Literature
Organization: Ushio Publishing (Kuwabara Takeo Award Committee)
Result: 受賞
Order of the Purple Ribbon
2002
Organization: Government of Japan
Result: 叙勲
Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays (Zuiho Chujusho)
2019
Organization: Government of Japan
Result: 叙勲
Person of Cultural Merit
2019
Organization: Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Result: 顕彰

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Economic Thought

1987 Economics / Intellectual history

A study of the development of economic thought and its place in Japanese society, examining relations among market, state, and democracy from a historical perspective.

economic thoughtmarket and statedemocracy

International Comparison of Human Resource Formation

1988 Labor economics

A comparative study of human resource formation across countries (Japan, US, UK, Germany), analyzing the relationship between employment and education.

human resourcesemployment policycomparative study

Freedom and Order: The Two Faces of a Competitive Society

2001 Social thought / Economic thought

Examines both competition and order, arguing about the balance between free markets and social order.

freedomordermarket economy

Bibliography

  • Economic Thought (Iwanami Shoten, 1987)
  • Conditions of the New Industrial Society: Competition, Cooperation, Industrial Democracy (Iwanami Shoten, 1993)
  • 20th Century Japan (7) Schools and Factories: Japan's Human Resources (Yomiuri Shimbun, 1996)
  • The Logic of Democracy and the Market (Toyo Keizai, 1997)
  • Freedom and Order: The Two Faces of a Competitive Society (Chuokoron-Shinsha, 2001)
  • Modern Japan as Appearing in Literature: Between Social Science and Literature (Yuhikaku, 2004)
  • Postwar World Economic History: From the Perspective of Freedom and Equality (Chuko Shinsho, 2009)
  • Public Wisdom and Practical Learning (Keio University Press, 2012)
  • A History of the Thought of Freedom (Shincho Sensho, 2016)
  • The Fate of Democracy: What History Teaches Us (Chuko Shinsho, 2019)
  • Classical Music as Social Thought (Shincho Sensho, 2021)
  • Visiting the Spirit of the Land: Another Modern History of Japan (Chikuma Shobo, 2023)

Translations by Author

  • The Economics of Social Evolution (translated Kenneth E. Boulding, HBJ, 1987)
  • Lessons of the Great Depression (translated Peter Temin, Toyo Keizai, 1994)

Translations of Works

  • Schools and Factories: Japan's Human Resources in the Twentieth Century (English edition, 2017)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
scholarly and clear expositioncomparative analysis emphasizing historical context
Recurring Motifs
labor and employmentrelationship between market and democracyinstitutions and history

Legacy

A scholar with extensive contributions to labor economics, economic thought, and economic history. Served as a university professor and research center director, receiving academic recognition and national honors.

Academic Societies

  • Japan Economic Association
  • Science Council of Japan

Trivia

  • The character 德 in his name is not encoded in JIS X 0208, so it is often written as the modern form 德→徳.
  • His Ph.D. thesis is titled 'Aspects of German peasant emigration to the United States 1815-1914.'