MACRO REVIEW

Preface

Nobody Any Longer Tells a Big Story!

Yoshitaka NITTA

2010 Volume 22 Issue 2 Pages 2_1-2_2
Published: 2010
Released on J-STAGE: May 10, 2010

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.11286/jmr.22.2_1

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It is necessary to make scenarios for coming 2 decades not for dispute about but for international cooperation founded on limited energy resources.

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Critiques

World Food Production and Biomass Energy -Outlook for 2050-

Hiroyuki KAWASIMA

2010 Volume 22 Issue 2 Pages 2_3-2_9
Published: 2010
Released on J-STAGE: May 10, 2010

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.11286/jmr.22.2_3

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It may be possible to say that population explosion is supported by the steady growth of global food production which started around 1950. This increase was not possible without industrially generated nitrogen fertilizer. Crop prices, having remained to be low during the steady production increase, skyrocketed around 2006. Then, however, they peaked out in fall 2008, remaining to be low until now. Biomass energy, suspected as the cause of the price rise at first, turned out to be insufficient to cause imbalance between demand and supply, because the raw materials of biomass energy are more expensive than petroleum. Other biomass energy than Brazilian ethanol made of sugarcanes is not price-competent against petroleum.

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Research Notes

Optimal Taxation of Capital Income in Dynamic Macro Model with Foreign Ownership of Domestic Firms

Masanobu KIMURA

2010 Volume 22 Issue 2 Pages 2_11-2_15
Published: 2010
Released on J-STAGE: May 10, 2010

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.11286/jmr.22.2_11

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The purpose of this paper is to examine the relation between the foreign capital ratio and the optimal tax rate of capital income by using a dynamic macro model with foreign ownership of domestic firms. If profits can be fully taxed, the optimal tax rate of capital income becomes 0. However, if there are constraints on the feasibility of profits taxation, the rate depends on the foreign capital ratio.

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Labor Adjustment for Global Income-Level Rise in a Model of 2 Income Levels with 2 Quality Products - Taking Demand for Low-end Products in States Emerging from Technology Transfer into Consideration

Shinya KAKUTA

2010 Volume 22 Issue 2 Pages 2_17-2_21
Published: 2010
Released on J-STAGE: May 10, 2010

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.11286/jmr.22.2_17

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A simple model of 2 income levels with 2 quality products shows that division of labor between high-end and low-end productions into high and low income layers makes it possible to enhance the income level of each income layer without increase of either production.

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Study on Language, Engineering and Science
- Intellectual Property-

Takashi MIYAMOTO

2010 Volume 22 Issue 2 Pages 2_23-2_29
Published: 2010
Released on J-STAGE: May 10, 2010

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.11286/jmr.22.2_23

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Technique is descended with languages. Nobody can think without a language. A culture is made with a language, which makes intellectual property, and the civilization will be scientifically developed.

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Rainmaking in Desert Near Sea

Kazuo YANAGISHITA

2010 Volume 22 Issue 2 Pages 2_31-2_36
Published: 2010
Released on J-STAGE: May 10, 2010

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.11286/jmr.22.2_31

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Deserts occupy 25% of the land on the earth. There are desert at inland and near sea coast. This paper is a research of the method of rainmaking in the desert near sea coast. The method floats black material on sea surface near the desert,. The material obstructs the reflection of sunlight in the surface of the sea and infiltration into the deep-sea, and absorbs 100% of sunlight comes on the sea surface. The black material can be expected to make the steam group on the sea surface by increasing the evaporation of seawater than the material is not existing. Then, black material is spread in the desert and the reflection of the sunlight is obstructed. The temperature of ground can be expected to rise more than black material is not existing. Then the temperature of ground rises, air on the ground becomes a high temperature, lightens, and the vertical upstream is generated. The steam group on the sea surface is drawn in to the stream, and it rises high up in the sky. The steam group in the low-pressure upper sky can be expected to fall in temperature by adiabatic expansion, to generate the cloud, and to rain.

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Report

Resource Circulation Utilization

Kenichi KIMOTO

2010 Volume 22 Issue 2 Pages 2_37-2_43
Published: 2010
Released on J-STAGE: May 10, 2010

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.11286/jmr.22.2_37

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It is necessary to exploit as much recycling utilization as possible to continue utilizing resources limited on the earth for the future.

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The Last Frontier; Desert Exploitation Initiative

Yasunori SASAKI, Shinya KAKUTA

2010 Volume 22 Issue 2 Pages 2_45-2_52
Published: 2010
Released on J-STAGE: May 10, 2010

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.11286/jmr.22.2_45

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Desert area occupying 20% or larger portion of the land area of the globe has left unexploited. This paper is concerned with exploitation initiative of the desert areas for welfare of human beings as the last frontier. The exploitation of desert will extend over a wide variety of scientific and technological fields; therefore, this initiative is of great promise to generate a new business entity consisting of many manufacturing and non-manufacturing enterprises to overcome the current recession which has developed in all members due to the recession of key enterprise in every business entity in Japan. Of course, this initiative will also make a great contribution to provide desert nations with international supports.

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