ABSTRACT

A century after his birth, this volume presents a re-assessment of the life and work of Piero Sraffa, one of the great economists of the twentieth century. From his anti-Marshallian articles of 1925 and 1926 to his classic work on the theory of capital, Production of Commodities by Means of Commodities, Sraffa's contribution to the study of economi

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Part I On Sraffa’s biography

chapter 1|20 pages

A child of Cultura Positiva

Turin and the education of Piero Sraffa

chapter 2|18 pages

Piero Sraffa’s early approach to political economy

From the gymnasium to the beginning of his academic career

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Part II Sraffa’s contribution to the Cambridge debates in the 1920s and 1930s

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Part III

chapter 8|18 pages

Continuity and change in Sraffa’s thought

An archival excursus

chapter 10|22 pages

From the 1925–6 articles to the 1960 book

Some notes on Sraffa’s not so implicit methodology

chapter 11|20 pages

Sraffa’s edition of Ricardo’s Works

Reconstruction of a reconstruction

chapter 14|3 pages

A comment on Rosselli

chapter 15|6 pages

A comment on Roncaglia

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Part IV Specific topics

chapter 17|31 pages

Sraffa and the mathematicians: Frank Ramsey and

Frank Ramsey and Alister Watson

chapter 20|26 pages

Sraffa on Hayek

Unexpected influences

chapter 21|3 pages

A comment on Steedman

chapter 22|15 pages

Monetary analyses in Sraffa’s writings

A comment on Panico