Italian Abstract: Dopo aver lasciato la Toscana per diventare imperatore del Sacro Romano Impero, Leopoldo lasciò alcuni appunti (1790) che si rivelarono molto interessanti per l'economista di oggi. Mostrano come dovrebbe essere sempre considerato un approccio olistico alle caratteristiche...

Upon leaving Tuscany to become Holy Roman Emperor, Leopold II left some notes (1790) that prove very interesting to today’s economist. They show how a holistic approach to the socio-economic characteristics of a region should always be considered, starting from a people’s spirit, or...

The article, in memory of Ezio Tarantelli, discusses the relevance today of a number of his ideas and proposals on economic policy. Among these, the reduction of working time and the opportunity to create a European currency that would finance the European Social Fund with the aim to fight...

The first part of this review of the Pasinetti's (2010) book on the Keynesian school summarizes the reasons why the Keynesian theory was an "unaccomplished scientific revolution". As explained by Pasinetti, Keynes neglected some essential building blocks of his theoretical construction, and the...

The article is part of the special issue of the journal on Charles P. Kindleberger (CPK). By reviewing CPKÕs works the authors investigates the analytical content of Kindleberger's historical contributions. In particular, KindlebergerÕs reformulation and development of Engel's law is analyzed,...

The article is part of the special issue of the journal on Charles P. Kindleberger (CPK). By reviewing CPK's works the authors investigates the contributions by Kindleberger not mainly as a historian but as an economist. Kindleberger's theory of financial crises is reconstructed, drawing from...

The article is part of the special issue of the journal on Charles P. Kindleberger (CPK). It is here reported one of CPK's articles published in Moneta e Credito (vol. 33 n. 131, settembre 1980, pp. 253-58). The article presents a short piece of scientific autobiography by Kindleberger, and it...

The article is a revised version of a speech the author gave at a conference in memory of Paolo Baffi, former Governor of Italy's Central Bank. The author recalls his personal experience at the Banca d'Italia and his intellectual exchanges with the Governor and other leading officers, within the...

Italian Abstract: La lettera, datata 14 settembre 1956, inizia una corrispondenza decennale tra Franco Modigliani e Paolo Sylos Labini. Qui Modigliani discute a lungo una prima bozza del libro di Sylos Labini sulla teoria dell'oligopolio. Diversamente dalla ben nota recensione del libro di...

Italian Abstract: La lettera, datata 14 settembre 1956, inizia una corrispondenza decennale tra Franco Modigliani e Paolo Sylos Labini. Qui Modigliani discute a lungo una prima bozza del libro di Sylos Labini sulla teoria dell'oligopolio. Diversamente dalla ben nota recensione del libro di...