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Satoshi Fujii | |
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藤井 聡 | |
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| Born | (1968-10-15)October 15, 1968 (age 57) |
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| Alma mater | Kyoto University (Bachelor, Master, Doctor) |
| Influences | Susumu Nishibe,Charles Sanders Peirce |
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| 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 Japanesecivil engineer,economist andsocial critic, who served as a special advisor to theAbe cabinet until his voluntary Retirement.[1] He is Professor ofcivil engineering atKyoto University and the editor-in-chief ofHyogensha Criterion, an academic journal in Japan.
Fujii defendsnationalism,public works, andmodern monetary theory, and is opposed toexcessive globalization andneoliberalism. He is a proponent ofpragmatism andconservatism. He, along withTakeshi Nakano, has spreadMMT to Japan from a conservative standpoint.
Born inIkoma, Nara. Received his Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctor's degrees in civil engineering fromKyoto University. After working atKyoto University and theUniversity of Gothenburg, he became an associate professor atTokyo Institute of Technology and then a professor. He became a professor atKyoto University in 2009. He was a visiting professor atKarlstad University in 2018.[2]
Fujii was selected as a special advisor of "New Deal for Disaster Prevention and Mitigation" to theAbe Cabinet in 2012. However, he opposed the consumption tax hike in 2017 and resigned.[3]
Fujii is one of the main critics of theIshin Party, founded byToru Hashimoto. Fujii is extremely negative about theOsaka Metropolis Plan (大阪都構想, an idea of an Osaka metropolitan government, which would eliminate the dual administration and promote privatization).[4]
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