Makoto Itoh (伊藤 誠, Itō Makoto, April 20, 1936 – February 7, 2023) was a Japanese economist who was considered internationally to be one of the most important scholars of Karl Marx's theory of value. He taught at Kokugakuin University, Tokyo, and was a professor emeritus of the University of Tokyo.
Makoto Itoh | |
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Born | Tokyo, Japan | April 20, 1936
Died | February 7, 2023 | (aged 86)
Academic career | |
Field | Marxian economics |
School or tradition | Marxian economics |
Influences | Kozo Uno, Karl Marx |
Itoh belonged to the school of economic thought founded by Kozo Uno and was one of the few Japanese Marxian economists who published widely in English-language journals such as Science & Society, Monthly Review, Capital & Class, New Left Review and Ampo. He published 24 books, of which 6 are in English, and 5 are translated and published in Chinese.
Itoh died from a heart attack on February 7, 2023, at the age of 86.[1]