"Drawing in particular on the work of Sraffa, Smith, Ricardo and Marx, the essays in this volume explore the characteristic features of the Classical economists' approach to economic problems, and the renewal of interest in that approach in modern times. In recent years, new material has been...

This note describes the construction of two versions of an algorithm to compute the Standard ratio as described by Piero Sraffa in his famous Production of commodities by means of commodities (PCMC). The procedures do not rely on linear algebra operations. Each routine has its advantages and...