Essays on Piero Sraffa [Paperback]

The papers collected in this book, first published in 1990, represent the edited proceedings of a conference held to celebrate the 25^thanniversary of the publication of Piero Sraffas Production of Commodities by Means of Commodities. In arranging the conference, and subsequently during the editing of the papers, great care has been taken to invite scholars of different schools of thought to contribute. The result of this collection of ideas has resulted in a most promising critique and provides an extensive alternative to modern Neo-Classical theory, of interest to all students of economic thought.

Preface;  Part One;  1. Sraffas Critique of the Marshallian Theories of Prices Paolo Sylos Labini Comments Peter Groenewegen and Fausto Vicarelli Reply  2. Reflections on Marx and Sraffa Suzanne de Brunhoff Comments Ian Steedman and Giancarlo de Vivo Reply  3. Sraffas Return to Classical Theory Krishna Bharadwaj Comments Richard Arena, Athanasios Asimakopulos and Harvey Gram Reply  4. Ricardo and Sraffa John R. Hicks Comments Christian Bidard and Fernando Vianello  5. Sraffa: Classical versus Marginalist Analysis Pierangelo Garegnani Comments Geoffrey Harcourt and Alessandro Roncaglia Reply  6. The Sraffa Model, Constant Returns to Scale and Empirical Implications Larry Levine Comment Fabio Petri  7. On Changes in the Composition of Output Bertram Schefold Comments Edwin Burmeister, Neri Salvadori and Stefano Zamagni Reply  8. Sraffas Circular Process and the Concept of Vertical Integration LuigiL. Pasinetti Comments Donald J. Harris and Stephen A. Marglin Reply;  Part Two;  9. RelÓÕ