Hollander’s Ricardo

摘要: Samuel Hollander's impressive book The Economics of David Ricardo (1979a) is the culmination many papers (1971, 1973b, 1975, 1977a, 1977b, 1977c, 1979b, Hicks and Hollander, 1977). It also a sequel to his on Adam Smith (1973). intended be "the definitive work for decades" (according publisher's description) part far-reaching reconstruction history economic thought. stresses interdependence distributive pricing problems, market as an allocative mechanism. emerges fully integrated in tradition general equilibrium theorists, descending from neoclassical writers. This assessment challenges view Sraffa (and current neo-Ricardian or Cambridge tradition) edition Ricardo's Works Correspondence (1951 seq.) restores previous judgment Alfred Marshall (1961, appendix I). On this basis thought would appear continuous homogeneous line, centered mechanism revolving around supply-and-demand interdependence. views dispute, therefore, any clear-cut distinction (methodological, conceptual, analytical) between classical political economy marginalist economics. For if dividing lines are introduced, they should separate