ABSTRACT
This chapter investigates Joan Robinson’s indebtedness to Piero Sraffa, starting from Sraffa’s 1926 Economic Journal article, his 1928–1929 lectures, and his provocative hints about the measurement of capital. Furthermore, Robinson’s acknowledgements of indebtedness to Sraffa’s introduction to Ricardo’s Principles and, finally, Robinson’s attempts at integrating the insights of Sraffa’s Production of Commodities by Means of Commodities into her views on the “long-run”, the rate of profits, equilibrium, etc., are discussed.
