Satoshi Fujii | |
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藤井 聡 | |
Born | |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | Kyoto University (Bachelor, Master, Doctor) |
Influences | Susumu Nishibe, Charles Sanders Peirce |
Academic work | |
School or tradition | Conservatism Nationalism Pragmatism Modern Monetary Theory Anti-globalism Anti-neoliberalism |
Institutions | Kyoto University University of Gothenburg Karlstad University Tokyo Institute of Technology |
Main interests | Civil engineering, Transportation, Social psychology, behavioral economics, Public policy |
Notable ideas | National Resilience (Kokudo Kyōjinka) |
Website | Official website |
Satoshi Fujii (藤井聡, Fujii Satoshi) is a Japanese civil engineer, economist and social critic, who served as a special advisor to the Abe cabinet until his voluntary Retirement.[1] He is Professor of civil engineering at Kyoto University and the editor-in-chief of Hyogensha Criterion, an academic journal in Japan.
Fujii defends nationalism, public works, and modern monetary theory, and is opposed to excessive globalization and neoliberalism. He is a proponent of pragmatism and conservatism. He, along with Takeshi Nakano, has spread MMT to Japan from a conservative standpoint.