On a Change in the Notion of Equilibrium in Recent Work on Value and Distribution: A Comment on Samuelson

Pierangelo Garegnani

A chapter in Capital Theory, the Surplus Approach, and Effective Demand, 2024, pp 209-227 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The article is mainly concerned with the shift in the neoclassical theory of value, distribution, starting with Hicks' Value, Capital, from the method of analysis centered on ‘long-run positions, characterized by auniform rate of profit, to short-run equilibria, which do not imply a uniform rate of return on the supply price of capital goods. It is argued that the explanation for this move towards short-period equilibria, their sequence over time is not to be found in weaknesses of the method as such, which was common to the earlier classical approach, but rather in the attempt to overcome the difficulties that neoclassical theory encounters in dealing with capital, while maintaining the basic supply, demand approach.

Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-23643-3_4

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