Personal details

Family name: Mori

Given name: Kenji

Work address: School of Philosophy, Wuhan University

Luo Jiashan, Wuhan, China, 430072

Email: [email protected]

Biography

April 1980-March 1984 Study at Faculty of Economics, Tohoku University, Sendai Japan

April 1984-March 1989 Study at Graduate School of Economics and Management, Tohoku University

Dec. 2001 Doctor of Philosophy in Economics from Tohoku University

April 1989-March 1991 Lecturer for Economics at Faculty of Economics, Oita University, Japan

April 1991-Sep. 2003 Associate Professor for Economics at Faculty of Economics, Oita University

Oct. 2003-March 2025 Professor for Political Economy at Graduate School of Economics and Management, Tohoku University, Japan.

- Oct. 1992-Sep. 1994 Visiting Researcher at University of Regensburg, Germany funded by Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD)

- Oct. 2002-Feb. 2003 Visiting Researcher at University of Erfurt, Germany, funded by DAAD

- Oct. 2010-April 2011 Visiting Researcher at Geothe University of Frankfurt, Germany funded by DAAD

- August 2012-Jan. 2013 Visiting Researcher at University of Paderborn, Germany, funded by University of Paderborn

- April 2017-March 2019 Vice Dean of Faculty of Economics at Tohoku University

- April 2020-March 2022 Dean of Faculty of Economics at Tohoku University

Since April 2025 Professor Emeritus at Graduate School of Economics and Management, Tohoku University, Japan.

Since April 2025 Professor at School of Philosophy, Wuhan University, China.

Research Fields

Marx-Engels-Gesamtausgabe (MEGA²), Mathematical Marxian Economics, History of Input-Output Analysis

Editorial Board

- Metroeconomica

- European Journal of History of Economic Thought

- OEconomia

- International Critical Thought (Chinese Academy of Social Science)

- Political Economy Quarterly (Tsinhua University, School of Social Sciences)

- Marxism 21 (Gyeongsang National University, Institute for Social Sciences)

Membership

- Japan Society of Political Economy

- European Society for the History of Economic Thought

- Ausschuss Geschichte der wirtschaftswissenschaften des Vereins für Sozialpolitik.

Research Project

- Grant-in-Aid: Research at University of Regensburg. Organizer: Kenji Mori. Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD), 1992-1994..

- Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C): A Study and Survey on Unemployment and Poverty of Urban Household in China. Organizer: Jinjun Xue. Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS), 1999-2000.

- Grant-in-Aid: Research at University of Erfurt. Organizer: Kenji Mori. Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD), 2002-2003.

- Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A): Research on Engels' whole editorial process for Capital Volume II. Building up a database of its book-copies and manuscripts based on the latest information technology. Organizer: Izumi Omura. Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS), 2003-2006.

- Grant-in-Aid for Publication of Scientific Research Results: Political Economy of Capital and Time (資本と時間の政治経済学). Organizer: Kenji Mori. Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS), 2004-2005.

- Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B): The elucidation of the dissemination process of Marxism literature and database creation centering on the "The Manifesto of the Communist Party". Organizer: Shunich Kubo. Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS), 2005-2007.

- Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B): Digital Global Index of Marxian Economics. Organizer: Kenji Mori. Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS), 2006-2009.

- Grant-in-Aid: Research at Goethe University Frankfurt. Organizer: Kenji Mori. Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD), 2010-2011.

- Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A): Construction of Digital Archive for Marxian Crisis Theories with International Cooperation. Organizer: Kenji Mori. Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS), 2011-2015.

- Grant-in-Aid for Publication of Scientific Research Results: Issues and Analyses of Crisis Theory (恐慌論の論点と分析). Organizer: Kenji Mori. Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS), 2014-2015.

- Grant-in-Aid: Theoretical and Empirical Studies of the Effects of Technological Changes on Social Mobility and Income Distribution: Focusing on Inequalities of Social Mobility and Income in East Asia. Organizer: Yoshimichi Sato and Kenji Mori. Tohoku Forum of Creativity, 2014-2016.

- Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C): Evaluation of new facts on Marx's theory of business cycle and crisis. Organizer: Kenji Mori. Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS), 2016-2018.

- Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C): New Aspects of Karl Marx's Theory of Traverse in MEGA. Organizer: Kenji Mori. Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS), 2020-2025.

Publication List

Kenji Mori

A. Dissertation

“Analytical foundation of the theory of capital turnover.” (Original in Japanese: 資本回転分析の基本性格), accepted on December 5. at Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.

B. Books

1) Mori, K.: Political Economy of Capital and Time (Original in Japanese: 資本と時間の政治経済学), 292 S., 2004, Hassakusha, Tokyo.

2) Marx-Engels-Gesamtausgabe (MEGA²), Abteilung II, Band 12, herausgegeben von Omura, I., Hayasaka, K., Hecker, R., Miyakawa, A., Ohno, S., Shibata, S. und Yatuyanagi, R. unter Mitwirkung von Vasina, L., Itihara, K. und K. Mori, 1329 S., Nov. 2005, Akademie Verlag, Berlin.

3) Marx-Engels-Gesamtausgabe (MEGA²), Abteilung II, Band 11, herausgegeben von Otani, T., Vashina, L. und C.-E. Vollgraf unter Mitwirkung von Mori, K. und Roth, R., 1850 S., Apr. 2008, Akademie Verlag, Berlin.

4) Marx-Engels-Gesamtausgabe (MEGA²), Abteilung II, Band 13, herausgegeben von Omura, I., Hayasaka, K., Hecker, R., Kubo, S., Miyakawa, A., Mori, K., Ohno, S., Roth, R., S. Shibata und Yatuyanagi, R., 795 S., Okt. 2008, Akademie Verlag, Berlin.

5)    Mori, K. (ed.): Topics and Analysis of Crisis Theories (Original in Japanese: 恐慌論の論点と分析), 281p., Oct. 2014, Sofusha, Tokyo.

6)    Marx-Engels-Gesamtausgabe (MEGA²), Abteilung IV, Band 14, herausgegeben von Mori, K., Hecker, R., Omura, I. und Tamaoka, A. unter Mitwirkung von Fiehler, F. und Graßmann, T., 680 S., 2017, De Gruyter, Berlin/Boston.

C. Articles

[1988]

1) Mori, K.: "On the theoretical connection between profit and capital turnover" (Original in Japanese: 利潤論と資本回転論の理論的関係), The Keizai Gaku. Annual Report of the Economic Society Tohoku University, Vol. 50, No. 1, pp. 41-59, June 1988, Sendai, Japan.

[1990]

2) Mori, K.: "On the connected problems of the theory of capital circulation and profit" (Original in Japanese: 流通過程論と利潤論の問題連関について), Oita University Economic Review, Vol. 41, No. 5, pp. 63-85, Jan. 1990, Oita, Japan.

[1991]

3) Mori,K.: "On the problems of the formation of commodity capital" (Original in Japanese:「商品資本の循環」の問題連関について), Oita University Economic Review, Vol. 42, No. 5, pp. 27-55, Jan. 1991, Oita, Japan.

[1993]

4) Mori, K.: "Markt und Produktionsweise. Zur Analyse der Theorie der kapitalistischen und einer laboristischen Ökonomie", Oita University Economic Review, Vol. 44, No. 4/5/6, pp. 48-64, Feb. 1993, Oita, Japan.

[1995]

5) Mori, K.: "Die Zweidimensionalität in der Wirtschaftstheorie. Zur Analyse der Theorie der kapitalistischen und einer laboristischen Ökonomie (II)", Oita University Economic Review, Vol. 46, No. 5, pp. 8-26, Jan. 1995, Oita, Japan.

6) Mori, K.: "Die Zweidimensionalität in der Wirtschaftstheorie. Zur Analyse der Theorie der kapitalistischen und einer laboristischen Ökonomie (II). Fortsetzung", Oita University Economic Review, Vol. 46, No. 6, pp. 22-46, Feb.1995, Oita, Japan.

7) Mori, K.: "Geld, Arbeitslohn, Kapitalakkumulation", Oita University Economic Review, Vol. 47, No. 1, pp. 133-140, Mai 1995, Oita, Japan.

[1996]

8) Mori, K.: "Zum Stand der Diskussion um die Wirtschaftsethik im deutschsprachigen Raum" (Original in Japanese: ドイツ語圏における経済倫理学説の動向について), Oita University Economic Review, Vol. 47, No. 6, pp.1-36, March 1996, Oita, Japan.

[1998]  

9) Mori, K.: "Property Relations and the Ambivalence of Preference" (Original in Japanese: 所有関係と選好のアンビヴァレンス―J.E.レーマーの孤独な『思考実験』― ), Oita University Economic Review, Vol. 50, No. 1, pp. 1-33, Mai 1998, Oita, Japan.

10) Mori, K.: "The Turnover Rate of Total Capital and the Cost Price" (Original in Japanese: 「前貸資本の総回転」と「費用価格」―『資本論』「第2部第3稿」の問題圏―), Oita University Economic Review, Vol. 50, No. 4, pp. 1-19, Nov.1998, Oita, Japan.

[1999]

11) Mori, K., Osawa, T. and Yamaguchi, T.: “Keywords 60 about Marx”　(Original in Japanese: マルクスがわかるキーワード60), AERA Mook (Asahi Shimbun Extra Report & Analysis), Special Number 53, pp. 152-161, Okt. 1999, Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo.

12) Mori, K.: "Rationality, Co-operation, Exploitation (I)" (Original in Japanese: 合理性,協業,搾取(Ⅰ)), Oita University Economic Review, Vol.51, No.3/4, pp.1-33, Nov.1999, Oita, Japan.

[2000]

13) Mori, K.: “Kapitalumschlag und Profitrate. Kraftfeld immanenter Spannungen von Ideen”, Beiträge zur Marx-Engels-Forschung. Neue Folge 1999, 2000, Berlin, Argument.

[2001]

14) Mori, K.: "A Dual Theory of Cooperation and Exploitation" (Original in Japanese: 協業と搾取の二重の理論―合理的選択理論から見たマルクス剰余価値論―), Oita University Economic Review, Vol. 52, No. 5, pp. 1-36, Feb. 2001, Oita, Japan.

15) Mori, K.: "An Equilibrium Analysis of Capital Turnover (1)" (Original in Japanese: 資本回転の均衡分析(１)), Oita University Economic Review, Vol. 53, No. 1, pp. 1-42, May 2001, Oita, Japan.

16) Mori, K.: "An Equilibrium Analysis of Capital Turnover (2)" (Original in Japanese: 資本回転の均衡分析(2)), Oita University Economic Review, Vol. 53, No. 2, pp. 1-39, July 2001, Oita, Japan.

17) Mori, K.: "An Equilibrium Analysis of Capital Turnover (3)" (Original in Japanese: 資本回転の均衡分析(3)), Oita University Economic Review, Vol. 53, No. 3, pp. 1-35, Sep. 2001, Oita, Japan.

18) Mori, K.: "An Equilibrium Analysis of Capital Turnover (4)" (Original in Japanese: 資本回転の均衡分析(4)), Oita University Economic Review, Vol. 53, No. 4, pp. 49-72, Nov. 2001, Oita, Japan.

19) Mori, K.: "An Equilibrium Analysis of Capital Turnover (5)" (Original in Japanese: 資本回転の均衡分析(5)), Oita University Economic Review, Vol. 54, No. 3, pp. 1-34, 2002, Oita, Japan.

20) Mori, K.: "Social Dilemmas and the Critical Theory of Economics" (Original in Japanese: 社会的ディレンマと経済学批判) In: 『政治経済学の原理と展開』(The principles and applications of political economy), Sep. 2001, Sofusha, Tokyo.

[2003]

21) Mori, K.: "Amortization Fond and Growth: 'Marx-Engels Effect' Revisited." (Original in Japanese: 減価償却基金と拡大再生産―「マルクス‐エンゲルス効果」再考), The Keizai Gaku. Annual Report of the Economic Society Tohoku University, Vol. 64, No. 4, pp. 17-30, 2003, Sendai, Japan .

[2004]

22) Mori, K.: "Zu den Merkmalen der Umschlagstabellen von Marx und deren Behandlung im Redaktionsmanuskript von Engels", Beiträge zur Marx-Engels-Forschung. Neue Folge 2004, S. 55-86, 2006, Berlin.

[2005]

23) Mori, K.: "Recent Developments of the Discourse in the Economic Ethics in the German-Speaking Area" (Original in Japanese: 経済と倫理のディスコース―ドイツ語圏における経済倫理学説の新展開― ), Political Economy Quarterly, Vol. 41, No. 4, pp. 48-58, Jan. 2005, Tokyo, Japan.

[2007]

24) Mori, K.: "Eine dogmenhistorische Dualität in der Reproduktions- und Preistheorie: Georg von Charasoff und Kei Shibata", Marx-Engels-Jahrbuch 2006, S. 118-141, 2007.

[2008]

25) Mori, K.: “Maurice Potron's Linear Economic Model: A De Facto Proof of 'Fundamental Marxian Theorem'”, Metroeconomica, Vol. 59, No. 3, pp. 511-529, 2008.

[2009]

26) Mori, K.: "6-Sector Model of Production and Monetary Circuit: Making Sense of Marx's Original Reproduction Schemata." (Original in Japanese: 6部門生産モデルと貨幣の還流－『資本論』第2部第2稿におけるマルクス再生産表式論の再構成－), The Keizai Gaku. Annual Report of the Economic Society Tohoku University, Vol. 70, No. 3, pp. 81-102, Oct. 2009, Sendai, Japan.

27) Mori, K.: "On the Application of Perron-Frobenius Theorem to Economics: Mathematicians as Founders of 'Fundamental Marxian Theorem'" (Original in Japansese: ペロン－フロベニウス定理の経済学への応用―数学者たちの「マルクスの基本定理」), Political Economy Quarterly, Vol. 46, No. 3, pp. 21-33, Oct. 2009, Tokyo, Japan.

[2011]

28) Mori, K.: "Charasoff and Dmitriev: An Analytical Characterisation of Origins of Linear Economics", International Critical Theory, No.1, pp.76-91, 2011.

29) Matsuyama, J. and Mori, K.: “Freedom and Achievement of Well-Being and Adaptive Dynamics of Capabilities”, Metroeconomica, Vol. 62, No.3, pp. 494-511, 2011.

30) Mori, K. and Tamate, S.: “A Rehabilitation of Political Economy: Economics and Ethics of A. Sen” (auf Japanisch), In: Seiji keizaigaku no saisei (The revival of political economy), pp.175-209 . 2011.

[2012]

31) D’Agata, A. and Mori, K.: “A Dynamic Linear Economy with Characteristic-Based Endogenous Technical Coefficients”, Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, Vol. 23, No.1，pp. 195-204, 2012.

[2014]

32) Mori, K.: “A General Formulation of ‘Equilibrium Accumulation Path’ under Prices of Production: Izumi Omura’s Criticism Revisited” (Original in Japanese: 生産価格下での「均衡蓄積軌道」の一般的定式化―大村「覚書」再考―), The Keizai Gaku. Annual Report of the Economic Society Tohoku University, Vol. 74, No. 3, pp. 43-50, March. 2014, Sendai, Japan.

33) Mori, K. and Tamate, S.: “Pasinetti after Sen: Towards a Capability Approach to Structural Dynamics of Consumption”, Metroeconomica, Vol. 65, No. 4, pp. 690-716, 2014.

[2016]

34) Mori, K.: “Georg von Charasoff and Anticipation of von Mises Iteration in Economic Analysis”, Cahiers d'économie politique, Vol. 71, No. 2, pp. 65-89, 2016.

[2017]

35) D’Agata, A. and Mori, K.: “An Analytical Foundation of the Classical View of Long-Period Prices with Differential Profit Rates”, Metroeconomica, Vol. 68, No. 1, pp. 22-46, 2017.

[2018]

36) Mori, K.: “Karl Marx’s Books of Crisis and the Concept of Double Crisis: A Ricardian Legacy”. In: van der Linden, M. and Hubmann, G. (eds), Marx’s Capital. An Unfinishable Project?, pp. 206-227, Brill, Leiden/Boston.

37) Hecker, R. and Mori, K.: “Die Wirtschaftskrise 1857 und Marx‘ Krisenhefte.” In: Bohlender, M., Schönfelder, A.-S. und Spekker, M. (Hrsg.): “Kritik im Handgemenge“, S. 139-160, transcript Verlag, Bielefeld.

[2019]

38) Mori, K.: “New Aspects of Marx's Economic Theory in MEGA: Marx's Original Six-Sector Model”, The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Vol. 25, No. 5, pp. 893-911, 2019. Also In: Faccarello, G., Kurz, H. D. (eds.): Marx at 200 : new developments on Karl Marx's thought and writings.

39) Mori, K.: “The Books of Crisis and Tooke-Newmarch Excerpts: A New Aspect of Marx’s Crisis Theory in MEGA”, The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Vol. 25, No. 5, pp. 912-925, 2019. Also In: Faccarello, G., Kurz, H. D. (eds.): Marx at 200 : new developments on Karl Marx's thought and writings.

40) Mori, K.: “Karl Marx's Books of Crisis and the Production Theory of Crisis”, Studien zur Entwicklung der ökonomischen Theorie, Vol. 34, pp. 81-111, 2019, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin.

41) Mori, K.: “A Comparison of the Stochastic Approach to the Transformation Problem with Marx's Original Assumptions”, Evolutionary and Institutional Economics Review, Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 315-317, 2019.

[2020]

42) Mori, K.: “New Aspects of Marx's Economic Theory in MEGA: Marx's Original Six-Sector Model” (Original in Chinese translated by Tianzi Li: MEGA中馬克思経済理論的新視角－馬克思原始的六部門模型), 当代経済研究 (Modern Economic Research), No. 4, pp. 46-57, 2020.

43) Mori, K. and Sheng F.: “The First Publication of Marx’s ‘Books of Crisis’ and its Significance” (Original in Chinese: 馬克思《危機論筆記》的首次 出版及其意義 ), 日本文論 (Collection of Japanese Studies), No. 4, pp. 155-174, 2020.

[2022]

44) Aspromourgos, T., Mori, K., Morioka, M.,Opocher, A.,Rosser, J. B., Shiozawa, Y., Taniguchi, K., Kurz, H. D., Salvadori, N.: “Symposium on Yoshinori Shiozawa, Masashi Morioka and Kazuhisa Taniguchi (2019), Microfoundations of evolutionary economics , Tokyo: Springer Japan”, Metroeconomica, Vol. 73, No. 1, pp. 2-48, 2022.

[2024]

45) Mori, K.:“Dual Rates of Profit and the Turnover of Capital in Karl Marx’s post-Capital Manuscripts in 1868. An Interpretation in Terms of Input-Output Analysis”. European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, DOI: 10.1080/09672567.2024.2384881, 2024.

D. Book Reviews

1) Mori, K.: "Mattick Jr., Paul: Social Knowledge: an essay on the nature and limits of social science" (Original in Japanese), The Keizai Gaku. Annual Report of the Economic Society Tohoku University, Vol. 49, No. 4, pp. 131-135,June 1988, Sendai, Japan.

2) Mori, K.: “Book Review: Tadasu Matsuo (ed.), The Mightiest Lecture on Marxian Economics” (Original in Japanese: 松尾匡編『最強のマルクス経済学講義』), (Letters of Economic Science), No. 156, pp.87-89, 2023.

E. Annual Conference Presentations

1) Mori, K.: "Capital Turnover and Rate of Profit" (Original in Japanese), presented on Sep.12. 1987 at the 41. Annual Conference of Tohoku Economic Society, Sendai.

2) Mori, K.: "The Factors of Rate of Profit" (Original in Japanese), presented on July 14. 1990 at the Annual Conference of the South-western Group of Japanese Society of Political Economy (JSPE), Fukuoka.

3) Mori, K.: "A Multisectoral Analysis of Capital Turnover and Rate of Profit" (Original in Japanese), presented on Oct. 20. 2001 at the 49. Annual Conference of Japanese Society of Political Economy (JSPE), Tokyo.

4) Mori, K.: Shibata, S. and Ohno, S.: "Engels' Redaktionsmanuskript des zweiten Buches des 'Kapitals': Abschnitt 1 und 2" (Original in Japanese), presented on Oct. 23. 2004 at the 52. Annual Conference of Japanese Society of Political Economy (JSPE), Osaka.

5) Mori, K.: "The Origin of Mathematical Marxian Economics: 'Fundamental Marxian Theorem in 1910-13." (Original in Japanese), presented on Oct. 21. 2006 at the 54 Annual Conference of Japanese Society of Political Economy (JSPE), Nagoya.

6) Mori, K.: "6-sector model of production and monetary Circuit: making sense of Marx's original reproduction schemata", presented on April 24. 2009 at the 13th Annual Conference of the European Society for the History of Economic Thought (ESHET), Thessaloniki, Greece.

7) Mori, K.: “A capability approach to the structural dynamics of consumption”, presented on May 18. 2013, at the 17th Annual Conference of the European Society for the History of Economic Thought (ESHET), Kingston University, UK.

8) Mori, K.: “Karl Marx ‘Krisenhefte’ von 1857-58 und die Produktionstheorie der Krise”, presented on June 6. 2013 at the 34. Jahrestagung des Ausschusses für die Geschichte der Wirtschaftswissenschaften im Verein für Socialpolitik, Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin.

9) Mori, K.: “Georg von Charasoff and the Anticipation of von Mises Iteration”, presented on June 10. 2013 at the 21st International Input-Output Conference, Kitakyushu, Japan.

10) D’Agata, A. and Mori, K.: “An Analytical Foundation of the Classical Idea of Long-Period Price with Differential Profit Rates”, presented on May 14. 2015 at the 19th Annual Conference of the European Society for the　History of Economic Thought (ESHET), Roma Tre University, Italy.

11) Mori, K.: “A Non-Basic System in Marx’s Original Six-Sector Production Model”, presented on May 19. 2017 at the 21th Annual Conference of the European Society  for the　History of Economic Thought (ESHET), Antwerp University, Belgium.

12) Mori, K.: "A case of Marxian-Sraffian-Neo-Austrian Synthesis in Traverse Analysis" (Original in Japanese), presented on Oct. 8. 2022 at the 70. Annual Conference of Japanese Society of Political Economy (JSPE), Tokyo.

13) Mori, K.: “Karl Marx’s Dual Concept of the Rate of Profit in Post-Capital Manuscripts in 1868: An Evaluation in Terms of Input-Output Model”, presented on June 3. 2023 at the 26 th Annual Conference of the European Society for the History of Economic Thought (ESHET), Liège, Belgium.

F. Interviews

- “Forscher aller Länder, vereinigt euch“. Tagesspiegel, May 29, 2018.

- “Status and Analysis of MEGA2 Editorial Work and Marxism Research in Japan: An Interview with Prof. Mori Kenji, Tohoku University” (Original in Chinese: 日本 MEGA2编辑工作与马克思主义研究状况分析——访日本东北大学守健二教授) , 马克思主义理论学科研究(Studies on Marxist Theory), 26, pp. 4-13, 2020.