フードシステムの国際化と日本のアグリビジネス(大会報告・共通論題:新自由主義の政策展開)

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Recently Japan has witnessed the rapid overseas advance of agribusiness and internationalization of the food system a trend accelerated by Japan's obedience to the WTO, application of global standards and acceptance of a higher yen. This change in response to outside pressure is in contrast with America's more proactive style. The purpose of this report is to consider the meaning of this trend in the context of the mechanism of the world economic system of which the food system and agribusiness form a part. In the world economy, America has been abusing the privilege of holding the world's key currency (seigniorage) without any institutional brake since the Dollar Shock of 1971. The so-called financial globalization is developing in response to America's abuse of seigniorage. International efforts and co-operation accompanying financial globalization have led to the formation of the international division of labour, and trade in industrial products has induced further trade in agricultural products. Trade in agricultural products has increasingly been forced to liberalize in order to grow and stabilize the circulation of the world economy. I conclude that a remarkable parasitism and decay dominate the overall situation and that there is grave instability in the world economic system.
政治経済学・経済史学会の論文
2002-04-20