Piero Sraffa - An Italian Economist

Piero Sraffa (1898-1983): who was this Italian economist mostly un­known for the big public, who characterized the European thought not merely in political economy, but also in philosophy and political theory? Fully a man of his times, Sraffa left a mark on his contemporaries and gave birth to the neo-ricardian school which over the last 50 years continued the Prelude to a Critique of Economic Theory laid down by the Italian economist. This book provides a biography, a discussion of his contribution and a thematic section about the contacts Sraffa had with three important figures of the last century: J.M.Keynes, L.Wittgenstein and A.Gramsci.