In addition, he had some other activities such as having discussion on economic matters on magazines in order for a campaign to promote public awareness of economics, and he was generally known as an economist rather than a government official.
同時にまた雑誌で経済問題を論じるなど、経済学の啓蒙普及活動に務め、当時においては単なる官僚でなくエコノミストとして一般に知られる存在であった。