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Revolution in Economic Theory
Ajit Sinha
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Hardback. Num Pages: 261 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: KCA; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 473.
This book draws on the work of one of the sharpest minds of the 20th century, Piero Sraffa. Ludwig Wittgenstein credited him for 'the most consequential ideas' of the Philosophical Investigations (1953) and put him high on his short list of geniuses. Sraffa's revolutionary contribution to economics was, however, lost to the world because economists did not pay attention to the philosophical underpinnings of his economics. Based on exhaustive archival research, Sinha presents an exciting new thesis that shows how Sraffa challenged the usual mode of theorizing in terms of essential and mechanical causation and, instead, argued for a descriptive or ... Read more
This book draws on the work of one of the sharpest minds of the 20th century, Piero Sraffa. Ludwig Wittgenstein credited him for 'the most consequential ideas' of the Philosophical Investigations (1953) and put him high on his short list of geniuses. Sraffa's revolutionary contribution to economics was, however, lost to the world because economists did not pay attention to the philosophical underpinnings of his economics. Based on exhaustive archival research, Sinha presents an exciting new thesis that shows how Sraffa challenged the usual mode of theorizing in terms of essential and mechanical causation and, instead, argued for a descriptive or ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
261
Condition
New
Number of Pages
244
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319306155
SKU
V9783319306155
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About Ajit Sinha
Ajit Sinha is Professor at Azim Premji University, Bangalore. He has published extensively in the area of history of economic theory. His first book, Theories of Value from Adam Smith to Piero Sraffa, was published in 2010 by Routledge.
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