Japan Society for the Promotion of Science:Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
Date (from‐to) : 2016/04 -2020/03
Author : Komine Atsushi
Can the dissemination of economics decrease international conflicts? After four-year research, we come to conclude that yes it can, yet there are two important reservations. First, we must not forget the possibility of economics that leads to promoting international conflicts because of penetrating typical economic ideas into the all over the world. Second, we must not forget to doubt a twofold accepted idea both inside and outside economics, that is, ‘free trade leads to international peace’, and ‘peace or war is a given condition regardless of economics’. Now, it is necessary to carefully examine by what conditions economics can contribute peace by considering history of economic thought. A two competing factors regarding economics is, first, to think about more efficient use of limited resources by both quantitative and qualitative criteria (value and price), second, based on core of economic thinking, to have numerous ideas to bridge other disciples.