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The Transformation Problem: A Tale of Two Interpretations

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  • Bieri, David

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Over 100 years since Marx's value theory of labour was first published, the so-called ``transformation problem'' -- deriving prices from values and providing a theory of profits as arising from surplus value -- has inspired the imagination of economists of all shades of intellectual suasion. However, while mainstream economists have by and large come to dismiss the transformation problem as a trivial technical exercise, the issue has recently received renewed attention in Marxian economic theory. This paper provides a broad historical overview of the transformation problem and specifically focuses on similarities and differences of how the transformation problem has been interpreted, why it was put to rest in mainstream economics and how it has regained prominence in Marxian economics.

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  • Bieri, David, 2007. "The Transformation Problem: A Tale of Two Interpretations," MPRA Paper 3895, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    • Handle: RePEc:pra:mprapa:3895
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    History of Economic Thought; Marxian Economics; Value Theory of Labour;
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    • B5 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Current Heterodox Approaches
    • B14 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought through 1925 - - - Socialist; Marxist

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