"In economic theory the conclusions are sometimes less interesting than the route by which they are reached."
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October 1975 in letter to C.P. Blitch, as cited in: Riccardo Bellofiore, Scott Carter (2014), Towards a New Understanding of Sraffa. p. 199
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Piero Sraffa
Piero Sraffa (5 August 1898 – 3 September 1983) was an influential Italian economist, who served as lecturer of economics at the University of Cambridge.
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