Satoshi Fujii

Satoshi Fujii
藤井 聡
Born (1968-10-15) October 15, 1968 (age 56)
Ikoma, Nara, Japan
Academic background
Alma materKyoto University (Bachelor, Master, Doctor)
InfluencesSusumu Nishibe, Charles Sanders Peirce
Academic work
School or traditionConservatism
Nationalism
Pragmatism
Modern Monetary Theory
Anti-globalism
Anti-neoliberalism
InstitutionsKyoto University
University of Gothenburg
Karlstad University
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Main interestsCivil engineering, Transportation, Social psychology, behavioral economics, Public policy
Notable ideasNational Resilience (Kokudo Kyōjinka)
WebsiteOfficial 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.

  1. ^ "Meet the intellectual muscle behind Japan's prime minister". Nikkei Asia. Retrieved 2021-09-07.