Reading Sraffa: The Philosophical Underpinnings of Production of Commodities by Means of Commodities

Ajit Sinha ()

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Abstract: It is argued that that both the Sraffians’ interpretation based on the classical notion of centre of gravitation as well as the neoclassical interpretation based on the supposedly implicit assumption of constant returns to scale are incorrect [GIPE WP].

Keywords: centre of gravitation; constant returns to scale; mechanical causality; Sraffa; theory of value; Wittgenstein (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007-06
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