Transcription (not that it is needed): "The fatal mistake of Economics is that it is not true to its statical assumptions. They believe that, by introducing complicated dynamic assumptions, they get nearer to the true reality; in fact they get further removed for two reasons: a) that the system is much more statical than we believe, and its “short periods” are very long; b) that the assumptions being too complicated it becomes impossible for the mind to grasp and dominate them -- and thus it fails to realise the absurdity of the conclusions" (Sraffa's Papers: D3/12/11: 32).
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