Sraffa and the Reconstruction of Economic Theory: Volume One [electronic resource] : Theories of Value and Distribution /
Sraffa's Production of Commodities by Means of Commodities (Conference)Corporate Author
Sraffa's Production of Commodities by Means of Commodities (Conference)
Levrero, Enrico Sergio.editor.
Palumbo, Antonella.editor.
Stirati, Antonella.editor.
This book accounts for the work done around the two central aspects of Piero Sraffa's contribution to economic analysis, namely the criticism of the neoclassical theory of value and distribution and the reconstruction of economic theory along the lines of the Classical approach.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; Introduction; Part I: The Capital Controversy and General Equilibrium Analysis; 1 On the Present State of the Capital Controversy; 2 Two Strands of Thought in Pierangelo Garegnani's Capital Theory Critique; 3 Only a Few Techniques Matter! On the Number of Curves on the Wage Frontier; 4 On the Stability of the Ramsey Accumulation Path; 5 Malinvaud on Wicksell's Legacy to Capital Theory: Some Critical Remarks
6 Capital and Stationary States: Considerations on the Reasons Adduced for Abandoning the Method of Normal PositionsPart II: The Revival and Development of the Classical Theory of Distribution; 7 Marx's Theory of Wages and the Revival of the Surplus Approach; 8 On Advanced Capitalism and the Determinants of the Change in Income Distribution: A Classical Interpretation; 9 Alternative 'Closures' to Sraffa's System: Some Reflections in the Light of the Changes in Functional Income Distribution in the United States; 10 Sraffa and Keynes: Two Ways of Making a 'Revolution' in Economic Theory
11 Causality and Structure in Piecemeal Macroeconomic Modelling12 On the Link between Functional and Personal Distribution in Italy; 13 Exchange Rate Policy, Distributive Conflict and Structural Heterogeneity: The Argentinean and Brazilian Cases; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book accounts for the work done around the two central aspects of Piero Sraffa's contribution to economic analysis, namely the criticism of the neoclassical theory of value and distribution and the reconstruction of economic theory along the lines of the Classical approach.
Macroeconomics.
Economic theory.
Economic history.
Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics.
Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods.
History of Economic Thought/Methodology.
Economic History.