Sraffa or an Alternative Economics [Hardcover]

This book aims to show how Sraffa's theoretical contributions could be pursued in new directions, in effect providing an alternative paradigm to the postclassical economic theory and challenging the persistent dominance of a widespread economic culture based on that theory.Introduction; G.Chiodi & L.Ditta PART I: REACTIONS Book Reviews of Production of Commodities by Means of Commodities ; E.Bellino PART II: ECONOMICS Sraffa's Prices; S.N.Afriat Sraffa after Marx: An Open Issue; R.Bellofiore The Classical 'Surplus' Approach and the Theory of the Welfare State and Public Pensions; S.Cesaratto Sraffa 1926 and Sraffa 1960: An Attempt to Bridge the Gap; S. Nistic? Savings, Investment and Capital in a System of General Intertemporal Equilibrium: An Extended Comment on Garegnani with a Note on Parrinello; B.Schefold Commentary - 'A Reply to Schefold'; S.Parrinello Beyond Capitalism: Sraffa's Economic Theory; G.Chiodi Notes on Early Development Economics' Story and its Relation to Sraffa's Contribution; L.Ditta PART III: PHILOSOPHY Sraffa: Notes on Moralizing, Money and Economic Prudence; P.Edwards What Wittgenstein got from Sraffa; B.McGuinness PART IV: MATHEMATICS Some Mathematical Remarks on Sraffa's Chapter I; P.Maroscia Some Observations on Sraffa and Mathematical Proofs; M.Lippi Commentary; N.Salvadori On the Collaboration between Sraffa and Besicovitch: The 'Proof of Gradient'; H.D.Kurz & N.Salvadori Sraffa's Economics in Mathematical Modes; K.V.VelupillaiSIDNEY N. AFRIAT Dipartimento di Economia Politica, Universit? di Siena, ItalyENRICO BELLINO Universit? Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, ItalyRICCARDO BELLOFIORE Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche 'Hyman P. Minsky', University of Bergamo, Italy; Research Associate, History and Methodology of Economics Group, Faculty of Economics and Econometrics, University of Amsterdam, NetherlandsSERGIO CESARATTO Universit? di Siena, ItalyPETER EDWARDS Kanazawa University, JapanHEINZ D. KURZ University of Graz, AustriaMARCO LIPl÷