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

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  • Ajit Sinha

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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].

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  • Ajit Sinha, 2007. "Reading Sraffa: The Philosophical Underpinnings of Production of Commodities by Means of Commodities," Working Papers id:1023, eSocialSciences.
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