This note discusses Modigliani's and Sylos Labini's unemployment theory starting from a long letter Modigliani wrote to his friend and colleague, commenting the provisional edition of "Oligopolio e Progresso Tecnico" (1956). While in his influential article review (1958) Modigliani especially...

This study combines different theoretical strands on development regarding the importance of the manufacturing industry for economic growth. Through a confluence of the Keynesian-Kaldorian, structuralist and neo-Schumpeterian frameworks, the paper argues that the manufacturing industry presents...

The letter, dated 14 September 1956, starts a decade long correspondence between Franco Modigliani and Paolo Sylos Labini. Here Modigliani discusses at length a first draft of Sylos Labini's book on oligopoly theory. Differently from Modigliani's well known 1958 review of the book, Modigliani...

In this article the late Kurt Rothschild comments on Joseph Steindl's first paper on economic topics, published in the Austrian "Zeitschrift für Nationalökonomie" in 1937. The article is a posthumous publication (with minor editorial corrections) of a manuscript presented by the author in...

The article reviews J.M.Keynes' Collected Works, recently republished in paperback edition. The author proposes a number of reading paths along the thirty-volumes strong collection, highlighting the development of Keynes' ideas and activities.

Contribution to a series of recollections and reflections on professional experiences of distinguished economists. Article originally published in vol. 39 n. 159 of Banca Nazionale del Lavoro Quarterly Review.

Article originally published in Banca Nazionale del Lavoro Quarterly Review, vol. 16 n. 67, December 1963, pp. 411-420.

Originally published in Banca Nazionale del Lavoro Quarterly Review, vol. 37 n. 149, June 1984, pp. 119-149

The paper is a to date unpublished contribution by Minsky prepared for a conference at the University of Perugia held in 1986. It contains Minsky's assessment of Kalecki's contribution. According to Minsky, the question of Kalecki's priority over Keynes with respect to the construction of...

The paper provides an introduction to the special issue in honour of Josef Steindl (1912-1993) celebrating the centennial anniversary of his birth. It illustrates Steindl's main themes of research - from applied macroeconomic analysis and the analysis of the trade cycle to the role of oligopoly...