Masaru Kaneko

{{Short description|Japanese economist}}

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{{nihongo|Masaru Kaneko|金子 勝|Kaneko Masaru|extra=born June 25, 1952}} is a Japanese Marxian economist specializing in Institutional economics, public finance and local government finance. He is best known for appearance in TV shows such as Sunday Morning or Asamade nama terebi and authoring several books and newspaper articles. Since 2000, he has been a professor at Keio University.{{cite web|url=http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2006-09/21/content_693912.htm|title=Japan fears losing quality edge|date=21 September 2006|work=China Daily|accessdate=14 November 2010}}