Japanese Economists on Imperialism and Total War:
Journal: The History of Economic Thought
Year: 2017

Abstract: In order to explore the relationship between war and economics in the era of imperialism and total war, this paper mainly covers Tanzan Ishibashi, a Japanese economic journalist who lat-er became a politician and served as Prime Minister. Ishibashiʼs basic thought consisted of the ʻprinciple of independenceʼ and the ʻprinciple of network.ʼ The latter emphasized production by the division of labor of free agents; con-sumption by transactions between economic agents enabling production;