This paper argues that the condition of uniform rate of profits in Sraffa's system is not based on his implicit assumption that the system is at the 'equilibrium' or the center of gravitation. It is rather a logical requirement of a reproducing system of basic goods as long as prices are not...

This chapter argues that the nature of the problem of determining prices and the uniform rate of profits of Sraffa's surplus producing system can be conceptually separated into his two simpler systems: corn-model and the subsistence economy. This clearly reveals that his solution of this problem...