The paper presents a guideline to discuss a collective strategy for dealing with the controversy on the transformation problem of values into prices. The main argument is that the individual search for solutions to the transformation problem creates a variety of models that weaken the Marxist...

Controversy has prevailed since the problem of "transforming" values into prices first emerged in the late 19th century. Progress has, regrettably, been hampered by attempts to "vindicate" Marx's work exactly, rather than treating him as a pioneer upon whom his successors must build, using the...