Introduction for A Contrastive Study of Trust and Communality in Rural Japan and Europe: Forms of Existence of Microfinance Organisations during the Formation of the Market Economy

tions during the formation of the market economy' which aims to trace the historical process of the transformation of inherently mutual financial organisations into organisations that finance market economy activities.So, this paper confirms the level of research at present and to use the Q&A with Professor Craig Muldrew, University of Cambridge, an authority on early modern and modern English credit and financial history, as a stepping stone for an introduction to future empirical research.