ABSTRACT
About ten years ago, at a time when I had no idea that Joan Robinson was aware of my existence, I received in the mail a copy of her manuscript entitled "The Organic Composition of Capital." 1 No covering letter, only this notation at the top of page 1: "See p. 15—J. R." Turning to that page, I found the following marked for my attention (it refers to Professor Samuelson's Surrogate Production Function): "It seems to me to be a great insult to Marx to foist this conception upon him. It is far more honourable to admit that his value system is not all-inclusive than to try to make out that he was really a neoclassic at heart."
