Piero Sraffa
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Piero Sraffa was an Italian economist whose critical work on value and distribution, especially in "Production of Commodities by Means of Commodities," profoundly challenged neoclassical theory and revitalized classical political economy.
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| Piero Sraffa canonical | 2 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Piero Sraffa Context triple: [Krishna Bharadwaj, influencedBy, Piero Sraffa]
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Nicholas Kaldor
Nicholas Kaldor was a prominent 20th-century Hungarian-British economist known for his influential contributions to growth theory, distribution, and economic policy, particularly within the post-Keynesian tradition.
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Lionel Robbins
Lionel Robbins was a prominent 20th-century British economist best known for his influential work on the nature and definition of economics and his role in shaping economic thought at the London School of Economics.
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C.
Jacob Viner
Jacob Viner was a prominent 20th-century economist known for his influential work in international trade theory, public finance, and his role in shaping modern economic thought.
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D.
Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen
Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen was a Romanian-American mathematician-turned-economist best known for founding ecological economics through his pioneering work on entropy, thermodynamics, and the limits of economic growth.
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E.
Robert Heilbroner
Robert Heilbroner was an American economist and historian of economic thought best known for his influential book "The Worldly Philosophers," which surveys the lives and ideas of major economic thinkers.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Piero Sraffa Target entity description: Piero Sraffa was an Italian economist whose critical work on value and distribution, especially in "Production of Commodities by Means of Commodities," profoundly challenged neoclassical theory and revitalized classical political economy.
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A.
Nicholas Kaldor
Nicholas Kaldor was a prominent 20th-century Hungarian-British economist known for his influential contributions to growth theory, distribution, and economic policy, particularly within the post-Keynesian tradition.
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B.
Lionel Robbins
Lionel Robbins was a prominent 20th-century British economist best known for his influential work on the nature and definition of economics and his role in shaping economic thought at the London School of Economics.
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C.
Jacob Viner
Jacob Viner was a prominent 20th-century economist known for his influential work in international trade theory, public finance, and his role in shaping modern economic thought.
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D.
Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen
Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen was a Romanian-American mathematician-turned-economist best known for founding ecological economics through his pioneering work on entropy, thermodynamics, and the limits of economic growth.
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E.
Robert Heilbroner
Robert Heilbroner was an American economist and historian of economic thought best known for his influential book "The Worldly Philosophers," which surveys the lives and ideas of major economic thinkers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
economist
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person ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Cambridge School of economics
NERFINISHED
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Trinity College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorOf | Production of Commodities by Means of Commodities NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthCountry | Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1898-08-05 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Turin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributedTo | Cambridge capital controversy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticized |
marginalist theory of value
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neoclassical capital theory ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1983-09-03 ⓘ |
| editorOf | The Works and Correspondence of David Ricardo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Turin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Cambridge University
ⓘ
surface form:
University of Cambridge
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| familyName | Sraffa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
economics
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history of economic thought ⓘ political economy ⓘ |
| givenName | Piero NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Joan Robinson
NERFINISHED
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Luigi Pasinetti NERFINISHED ⓘ Pierangelo Garegnani NERFINISHED ⓘ Sraffian economics NERFINISHED ⓘ neo-Ricardian economics NERFINISHED ⓘ post-Keynesian economics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Alfred Marshall
NERFINISHED
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Antonio Gramsci NERFINISHED ⓘ David Ricardo NERFINISHED ⓘ Karl Marx ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Production of Commodities by Means of Commodities
NERFINISHED
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critique of neoclassical economics ⓘ revival of classical political economy ⓘ work on value and distribution ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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Italian ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
capital theory
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distribution theory ⓘ input–output analysis ⓘ theory of value ⓘ |
| name | Piero Sraffa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Italian ⓘ |
| notableWork | Production of Commodities by Means of Commodities NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalConnection | friend of Antonio Gramsci ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Professor of Economics at the University of Cambridge ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1960 ⓘ |
| theoreticalContribution |
price system based on production of commodities by means of commodities
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surplus-based approach to value and distribution ⓘ |
| workLocation | Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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