EDITORIAL COMMITTEE FOR THE PUBLICATION OF THE CONFERENCE 
SRAFFA'S "PRODUCTION OF COMMODITIES BY MEANS OF COMMODITIES" 
AFTER TWENTY-FIVE YEARS 
Krishna Bharadwaj 
Bertram Schefold 
Professor Josef Steindl 
Institut fiir Wirtschaftsforschung 
Postfach 91 
A-1103 Vienna 
Austria 
Prof. K. Bharadwaj 
TRINITY COLLEGE* 
Cambridge CB2 1TQ 
Prof. B. Schefold 
FB 2, GOETHE-UNIV. 
Postfach 11 19 32 
6000 Frankfurt 1 1 
Feb. 17, 1986 
Sehr verehrter Herr Steindl, 
Please allow me to write to you in English so that Krishna 
Bharadwaj may understand our corresponence, since we share 
the tasks as editors of the Florence conference. 
The first task of my letter is simply to remind you of the 
deadline for the submission of the final version of your 
contribution to Krishna, to the other members of the Round 
Table and to myself. 
My second task it to comment on the contents of your paper. 
I think that it is an interesting piece of analysis which 
looks at the standard commodity in a nov^l fashion. How 
ever, I realize that there are difficulties with the de 
tails of the analysis which has led Heinz Kurz to write 
his comment. 
While it is highly desirable to have some discussion of 
different views, different interpretations, different 
policy implications etc. in our volume, questions regarding 
the consistency of the formal presentation should be clari 
fied prior to publication. 
If necessary, we could discuss this matter between our 
selves. But I have to realize that the editing of the con 
ference involves a great deal of work and I should for this 
reason - as well as because Heinz Kurz had taken the initia 
tive - prefer if you and Heinz Kurz could get together to 
work out a version on which you can either agree, or agree 
to disagree. Perhaps you could invite Heinz Kurz to give 
a lecture in Vienna or vice versa in order to have an oppor 
tunity to meet and to discuss the matter. 
*Until 14 July 1986. (After 15 July 1986: 4 New Campus, Jawaharlal 
Nehru University, New Delhi 67, India 110067)