These essays reconsider economic thought in the light of modern theory, from Smith to Marx, and from Marshall to Keynes. Takashi Negishi discusses contributions made both in classical school and marginal revolution literature which are still significant to modern economic theory, and those...

The History of Economics, the second volume of Takashi Negishi’s collected essays, contains essays on the history of economics published over a period of 10 years. The range of topics covered in this volume is very wide, with essays and papers on Quesnay, Smith and the classical school, the...

General Equilibrium Theory, the first volume of Takashi Negishi’s collected essays, contains some of his most important contributions on the theory and applications of general equilibrium analysis published over the last 30 years.

After a brief survey of the Japanese literature on Sraffa, the author explains how his own theory of the microfoundations of Keynesian macro-economics was influenced by Sraff's view of competitive markets. This view can be interpreted that firms perceive kinked demand curves. It is emphasized...

Historical Progress of International Trade Theory -- Mercantilism -- Specie-flow Mechanism -- Adam Smith and Division of Labour -- Ricardo and Comparative Costs -- J.S. Mill and Reciprocal Demand -- Mill and Infant Industry -- Marx and International Exploitation -- Marshall and Offer Curve --...

Introduction -- Firms and Production -- Households and Consumption -- Market Equilibrium (1) -- Market Equilibrium (2) -- Perfect and Imperfect Competition -- Optimal Allocation of Resources -- Market Failures -- Optimal Income Distribution -- Microeconomic Foundations of Macroeconomics.