Italian Abstract: Nel suo necrologio di Ernesto Rossi, l'autore descrive l'eredità politica e culturale dell'economista italiano.L'autore riassume i principali contributi di Rossi nei settori del mercato del lavoro, della finanza pubblica, della federazione europea e del fascismo

Italian Abstract: L'autore, seguendo gli insegnamenti e l'esempio di Paolo Sylos Labini, esplora il ruolo sociale degli economisti, sottolineando come un utile economista sia un economista impegnato eticamente, che persegue il bene comune. Testo del discorso tenuto alla conferenza "Paolo Sylos...

The seventies of the last century saw a clear break with previous trends of '"golden age". Of crucial importance was the return to persistent unemployment. This article provides an overview of the effects of this change in the publications of the post in two major journals, the American Economic...

The article recounts Luigi Spaventa's academic career, regularly alternated with periods in which he served as "technical" civil servant, in several ministerial committees and as a member of the Italian Parliament. Spaventa contributed to the development of the Department of Economics of...

Recensione in chiave comparata dei recenti volumi di Apps & Rees (2009) e Todorova (2009) in tema di economia della famiglia e di genere.

In his obituary of Ernesto Rossi, the author describes the political and cultural legacy of the Italian economist. The author summarises the main contributions by Rossi in the fields of labour market, public finance, European federation, and Fascism.

The article introduces the special issue on Paolo Sylos Labini's contributions published in "Astrolabio", the Italian review founded and edited by Ferruccio Parri in 1963. The editor, guest editor of the current issue, explains the rationale of his selection of articles and discusses the...

In this article the author recounts some fond memories of Franco Modigliani. For depth, breadth, originality and human wisdom, Modigliani gained in the ranking of scholars, the highest place of the twentieth century. Great Italian, great American economist, Franco was also one of the leading...

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...