Ricardo, Torrens, and Sraffa: a summing up
讨论罗伯特·托伦斯著作中是否存在玉米比率利润理论,这一理论被托伦斯本人承认源自李嘉图,为斯拉法解读李嘉图早期利润理论提供了重要证据,并批评了霍兰德的反驳基于严重误读。
This paper discusses the existence of a corn-ratio theory of profits in Robert Torrens's works, the Ricardian origin of which is avowed by Torrens himself. This constitutes significant evidence in favor of Piero Sraffa's reading of Ricardo's early theory of profits. Samuel Hollander's (1995) 'rebuttal' of this evidence is also discussed and found to be based on a seriously flawed reading of the relevant texts. (c) 1996 Academic Press Limited Copyright 1996 by Oxford University Press.