ABSTRACT

This is a lively, intellectual biography of a leading protagonist of 20th century culture and his relations with other protagonists, such as Gramsci, Keynes and Wittgenstein. The book includes an authoritative interpretation of his main work Production of Commodities by Means of Commodities, a survey of the debates which followed its publication, a

chapter |4 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|42 pages

Piero Sraffa

The early writings: money and banking

chapter 2|26 pages

Production of Commodities by Means of Commodities

Between criticism of the marginalist approach and reconstruction of the classical approach

chapter 3|38 pages

The Sraffian schools