Теории стоимости от Адама Смита до Пьеро Сраффы (книжный флаер)

Theories of Value from Adam Smith to Piero Sraffa (book flier)

Ajit Sinha’s "Theories of Value from Adam Smith to Piero Sraffa" exemplifies the best characteristics of proper  

scholarship. Sinha has combined critical yet sympathetic analysis of primary sources with keen understanding of the       

secondary literature. He has definite points of view which are always established by deep analytical arguments

combined with careful attention to the relevant evidence. His book is a splendid example for all those interested in

the best ways of understanding the relevant links between the past of our discipline and the present.

G.C. Harcourt

Emeritus Reader in the History of Economic Theory, University of Cambridge

Professor Emeritus, University of Adelaide

Emeritus Fellow, Jesus College, University of Cambridge

The excess confidence of contemporary economists in the strength of the existing body of their knowledge has been

struck by the recent crisis. The same excess confidence had often fed the belief that the history of ideas did not

matter. In fact, the understanding of the limits of any knowledge in the field of social sciences cannot be separated

from the understanding of the conditions of its construction. The work of Ajit Sinha, as conveyed in the present

book, provides a brilliant illustration of the fact that the history of economic thought, on the one hand, and   

economic analysis, on the other, are neither antagonistic, nor substitutes, but necessary complements.

Roger Guesnerie                         

Chair, Economic Theory and Social Organisation                         

Collиge de France, Paris

This book presents a comprehensive account of more than 200 years of controversy on the classical

theories of value and distribution. The author focuses on four, perhaps most critical, classics,

viz ., Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations , David Ricardo’s Principles of Political Economy, Karl Marx’s