Takemori Shunpei

Senior researcher at the Research Institute of Economy, Trade, and Industry, chair of Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting, member of a committee set up to advise the Japanese government on Basic Policies for Novel Coronavirus Disease Control, and private-sector delegate to the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy. Born in Tokyo in 1956. Graduated from Keiō University in 1981, where he majored in economics. After completing his doctoral studies at Keiō in 1986, received his PhD in economics from the University of Rochester in 1989. Has been an associate professor at Keiō. Author of Keizai kiki wa kokonotsu no kao o motsu (Economic Crisis Has Nine Faces), Sekai o kaeta kin’yū kiki (The Financial Crisis That Has Changed the World), Keizai ronsen wa yomigaeru (The Revival of Economic Debate; winner of the Yomiuri–Yoshino Sakuzō Prize), and other works.

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Sep 21, 2021