Sraffa and ecological economics: review of the literature

Yoann Verger (1)

1 REEDS - Centre international de Recherches en Economie écologique, Eco-innovation et ingénierie du Développement Soutenable

References to Sraffa and to the neo-Ricardian school is something quite customary in ecological economics. By looking at contributions in this area since the beginning of ecological economics and at contributions on environmental problem from the neo-Ricardian school, we see that a connection between both school still has to be made. This connection should be articulated around the initial aim of Sraffa: to develop a new paradigm, competing against the neoclassical one. Only then it will be possible to develop a real eco-Sraffian approach able to pursue the analysis of the sustainability of the economic system. This review of the literature is divided in three sections. Section 1 describes the part of the literature engaged in the “valuation of nature” debate; section 2 the works of researchers trying to develop a neo-Ricardian approach of ecological conflicts; and section 3 several works trying to use the neo-Ricardian knowledge in the analysis of physical interdependence between processes, in particular for the assessment of CO2 emissions. In each of these last sections, works are presented in a (more or less) chronological way.

Mots clés: Sraffa; ecological economics; value; energy theory of value; political economy; vertical integration

Domaines: Economies et finances; Etudes de l'environnement; Sciences de l'information et de la communication

Yoann Verger. Sraffa and ecological economics: review of the literature. 2015. ⟨hal-01182894⟩