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ContentsList of FiguresIntroduction1 Early Life and Writings: The Critique of Marshallian Theory 11.1 The early writings: Money and banking 11.2 Friendship with Gramsci 61.3 Critique of Marshallian theory 91.4 Imperfect competition 141.5 Criticism of the representative firm and the evolutionaryside of Marshall’s analysis 162 An Italian in Cambridge 222.1 Cambridge 222.2 Wittgenstein 252.3 Friendship with Keynes and criticism of Hayek 282.4 The critical edition of Ricardo’s writings 353 Production of Commodities by Means of Commodities 413.1 From Ricardo to Sraffa 413.2 Production of Commodities by Means of Commodities 433.3 Sraffa’s analysis and the classical approach: Critiqueof ‘cost of production’ theories, distinction betweenmarket and natural prices 463.4 Socially necessary techniques 513.5 The post factum wage payment and the period ofproduction 553.6 The Sraffian revolution 564 Basic and Non-Basic Products 604.1 Basics, non-basics and wage goods: Sraffa andthe classics 604.2 The classical distinction between necessariesand luxuries 614.3 The distinction between basic and non-basicproducts 654.4 The wage–profit relationship 684.5 Subsistence goods and the distinction betweenbasics and non-basics 69viiviiiv