Levrero E.S., Palumbo A., Stirati A. (Eds.) Sraffa and the Reconstruction of Economic Theory: Volume One: Theories of Value and Distribution

Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. — 350 p. — ISBN: 0230355269, 9780230355262Written on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the publication of Piero Sraffa's Production of Commodities by Means of Commodities, the papers selected and contained in Sraffa and the Reconstruction of Economic Theory account for the work completed around the two central aspects of his contribution to economic analysis, namely the criticism of the neoclassical (or marginalist) theory of value and distribution, and the reconstruction of economic theory along the lines of the Classical approach. Divided into three volumes, Sraffa and the Reconstruction of Economic Theory debates the most fruitful routes for advancement in this field and their implications for applied and policy analysis.
This first volumes focuses on the critique of general equilibrium theory and the determinants of income distribution, together with the related issue of the method of analysis which characterises the Classical theory and the marginalist approach.Enrico Sergio Levrero is Associate Professor at Roma Tre University, Italy. His main research interests are in the theories of value and distribution, wages and the labour market, issues of monetary economics and Sraffa's works. His previous works include Four Lectures on Wages and the Labour Market (2012) and several articles in academic journals and collected volumes.
Antonella Palumbo is Associate Professor of Economics at Roma Tre University, Italy. Her main research interests and activities are in the modern revival of Classical economics and in the theories of demand-led growth. She has published several articles in academic journals and collective volumes.
Antonella Stirati is Professor of Economics at Roma Tre University, Italy. Her main scientific interest is in the revival of the surplus approach, particularly in the areas of income distribution and employment theory. She has published Theory of Wages in Classical Economics (1994) and several articles in academic journals and collective volumes.