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A Response to My Critics

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  • Ajit Sinha

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For almost a decade I have been trying to put forward an alternative interpretation of the works of Piero Sraffa, particularly his book (Sraffa 1960). This interpretation of mine was first put forward in a chapter on Sraffa in my first book titled Theories of Value from Adam Smith to Piero Sraffa (Sinha 2010) and later in a more comprehensive book on Sraffa titled A Revolution in Economic Theory: The Economics of Piero Sraffa (Sinha 2016). Both these works have come under heavy criticisms from the established ‘Sraffian’ quarters. In this paper, I try to respond to those criticisms.

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  • Ajit Sinha, 2018. "A Response to My Critics," STOREPapers 1_2018, Associazione Italiana per la Storia dell'Economia Politica - StorEP.
    • Handle: RePEc:hpo:wpaper:1_2018
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    1. Ajit Sinha, 2015. "A Reflection on the Samuelson-Garegnani Debate," Economic Thought, World Economics Association, vol. 4(2), pages 1-48, September.
    2. Ajit Sinha, 2013. "The new interpretation of Sraffa's prices: a response to Heinz Kurz," Cambridge Journal of Economics, Cambridge Political Economy Society, vol. 37(6), pages 1449-1453.
    3. Ajit Sinha, 2012. "Listen to Sraffa's silences: a new interpretation of Sraffa's Production of Commodities," Cambridge Journal of Economics, Cambridge Political Economy Society, vol. 36(6), pages 1323-1339.
    4. Ajit Sinha, 2016. "A Revolution in Economic Theory," Springer Books, Springer, number 978-3-319-30616-2, December.
    5. Pierangelo Garegnani, 2007. "Professor Samuelson on Sraffa and the classical economists," The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 14(2), pages 181-242.
    6. Heinz D. Kurz, 2012. "Don't treat too ill my Piero! Interpreting Sraffa's papers," Cambridge Journal of Economics, Cambridge Political Economy Society, vol. 36(6), pages 1535-1569.
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    • B24 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought since 1925 - - - Socialist; Marxist; Scraffian

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