Sraffa or an Alternative Economics

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. 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