Sraffa: some alternative proofs

Saccal, Alessandro (2024): Sraffa: some alternative proofs.

Abstract

Relative to the germane academic literature in this work I offer alternative and more direct proofs for (i) the existence and unicity of Sraffa’s ‘Standard System’, (ii) the (existence and) unicity of R=r_i (for w=0) across the ‘Real System’ and the ‘Standard System’ and (iii) the existence (and unicity) of Sraffa’s Fundamental Equation r=R(1−w) across both kinds of system. While the proof for (iii) be outrightly unprecedented and that for (ii) certainly shorter, the proof for (i) is not necessarily superior to those of the germane academic literature, which judgement is left open for debate.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Abel Ruffini Theorem; mathematical induction; multiple and single production; Perron Frobenius Theorem; Real and Standard System; Schur decomposition; Sraffa’s Fundamental Equation.
• Subjects: B - History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches > B2 - History of Economic Thought since 1925 > B24 - Socialist ; Marxist ; Sraffian

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