Piero Sraffa, Unorthodox Economist (1898-1983): A Biographical Essay (1898-1983 : a Biographical Essay)

Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 3
Copyright......Page 4
Dedication......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 7
THE SON OF AN EMINENT JURIST......Page 10
INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT WITHIN ‘NEO-IDEALISM’ WITH SOME SYMPATHY FOR SOCIALIST IDEAS......Page 12
THE FIRST WORLD WAR, UNIVERSITY STUDIES AND THE MEETING WITH ANTONIO GRAMSCI......Page 13
THE DOCTORAL THESIS AND THE FIRST STUDY TRIP TO BRITAIN......Page 15
THE ARTICLES ABOUT THE BANK CRISIS IN ITALY AND THE CONFLICT WITH MUSSOLINI......Page 17
SOME IMPORTANT RELATIONSHIPS: GOBETTI, MATTIOLI, ROSSELLI......Page 19
CRITICAL POSITIONS IN ECONOMIC THEORY AND SUCCESS IN THE COMPETITION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI......Page 21
THE DECISION TO EMIGRATE TO BRITAIN......Page 25
JOURNALIST AT L’ORDINE NUOVO......Page 28
A SERIOUS CONTROVERSY WITH GRAMSCI ABOUT THE MEANS OF FIGHTING FASCISM......Page 29
MATERIAL AND MORAL SUPPORT FOR THE IMPRISONED COMMUNIST LEADER, AND ORGANIZATION OF HIS DEFENCE......Page 33
ATTEMPTS AT ORGANIZING DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PRISONER......Page 36
A DIALOGUE ON THE SITUATION OF THE JEWS IN ITALY......Page 38
THE EXCHANGE OF VIEWS ABOUT BENEDETTO CROCE’S IDEALIST PHILOSOPHY......Page 39
THE CAMPAIGN FOR GRAMSCI’S RELEASE; LAST MEETINGS WITH THE PRISONER......Page 44
PRESERVING THE PRISON NOTEBOOKS......Page 45
THE CAMBRIDGE LECTURES: BRIEF BUT FRUITFUL......Page 48
HIS FRIENDS IN CAMBRIDGE: DOBB, RAMSEY, WITTGENSTEIN, KEYNES......Page 50
PIERO SRAFFA, CRITIC OF KEYNES: FROM THE TREATISE ON MONEY TO THE GENERAL THEORY......Page 52
THE DISPUTE ABOUT MONEY WITH FRIEDRICH VON HAYEK......Page 54
THE DISPUTE WITH ANGELO TASCA ABOUT THE REVALUATION OF THE LIRA......Page 56
SRAFFA’S ASSISTANCE TO TASCA IN EDITING LABRIOLA’S LETTERS TO ENGELS......Page 57
FRIENDSHIP WITH ITALIAN ANTI-FASCISTS: MATTIOLI AND MORANDI......Page 59
THE SECOND WORLD WAR......Page 60
INITIAL RESEARCH FOR PRODUCTION OF COMMODITIES BY MEANS OF COMMODITIES......Page 62
LAYING THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE DEFINITIVE EDITION OF RICARDO’S COLLECTED WORKS......Page 63
AN IMPORTANT EXCHANGE OF VIEWS WITH GRAMSCI ABOUT THE PHILOSOPHICAL IMPLICATIONS OF RICARDO’S THEORY......Page 66
THE PUBLICATION OF RICARDO’S COLLECTED WORKS......Page 68
AN OUTSTANDING SCHOLAR OF THE HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT......Page 70
THE COMPLETION OF PRODUCTION OF COMMODITIES BY MEANS OF COMMODITIES......Page 72
LAST YEARS......Page 74
Postscript......Page 78
1. THE FORMATIVE YEARS......Page 80
2. AFFINITIES WITH COMMUNISM......Page 85
3. FIRST YEARS IN CAMBRIDGE......Page 90
4. THE PUBLICATION OF RICARDO’S COLLECTED WORKS AND PRODUCTION OF COMMODITIES BY MEANS OF COMMODITIES......Page 95
POSTSCRIPT......Page 100
Bibliography......Page 102
Name index......Page 110