ABSTRACT
According to Samuelson (1987), Sraffa’s work on Ricardo’s writings and on the analysis of prices and distribution deserves an outstanding place in the history of economics. He worked on these subjects for most of his life after 1923 when, hoping to be appointed as lecturer, which he was in October at the University of Perugia, in Italy, he began a study of Marshall’s partial equilibrium, which led to the publication of two articles in Annali di Economia and in the Economic Journal (Sraffa 1925a; 1926a).2
