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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.

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Author:   G. Chiodi ,  L. Ditta
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.625kg
ISBN:  

9780230018907

ISBN 10:   0230018904
Pages:   300
Publication Date:   14 December 2007
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

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. Nisticò 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.Velupillai

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GUGLIELMO CHIODI is Professor of Economics at the University of Rome 'Sapienza', Italy. He conducted research work over several years at the University of Cambridge, UK, and has been Visiting Professor at the European University Institute of Fiesole. He has published articles in theoretical economics and is the author of Wicksell's Monetary Theory. LEONARDO DITTA is Professor of Economics at the Faculty of Law, University of Perugia, Italy. He worked and taught at University of Rome 'Sapienza', Italy, and, from 1998 to 2000, at the University E. Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique, as R

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