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The Method of the Pure Ratio in Economic Analysis

In: The Dynamics of the Wealth of Nations

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  • Amit Bhaduri

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The method dates back to Ricardo’s seminal Essay on Profits in 1815.1 According to Sraffa’s interpretation in his celebrated Introduction, the rate of profit in agriculture can be defined as a pure ratio independent of relative prices, if ‘corn’ is both the output and also the only input in the form of capital advanced. With corn as the sole basic product required both for its own production and for the production of all other commodities, Ricardo’s conclusion follows that ‘it is the profits of the farmer that regulate the profits of all other trades’.2

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  • Amit Bhaduri, 1993. "The Method of the Pure Ratio in Economic Analysis," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Mauro Baranzini & G. C. Harcourt (ed.), The Dynamics of the Wealth of Nations, chapter 6, pages 175-180, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-22728-0_7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-22728-0_7
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