In this paper we use insights from Sraffa's classic, Production of Commodities by Means of Commodities, to argue that the classical notion of 'centre of gravitation' is not a sound concept. The market mechanics of labour allocation through price signals and quantity adjustments, given effectual...

This paper argues that the condition of uniform rate of profits in Sraffa's system is not based on his implicit assumption that the system is at the 'equilibrium' or the center of gravitation. It is rather a logical requirement of a reproducing system of basic goods as long as prices are not...

This chapter argues that the nature of the problem of determining prices and the uniform rate of profits of Sraffa's surplus producing system can be conceptually separated into his two simpler systems: corn-model and the subsistence economy. This clearly reveals that his solution of this problem...