Italian Abstract: L'articolo è una traduzione di un manoscritto originale di Josef Steindl, contenente un documento che ha presentato all'edizione 1990 della "Scuola estiva internazionale per studi economici avanzati" (la Scuola di Trieste). Il manoscritto, scritto nel luglio del 1990, si...

Incomes policy started with the San Valentine's decree of 1984, which marks the beginning of the process that led to the abolishment of Scala Mobile and reached its peak with the Protocollo d'intesa of 1993. The work proposes to study by cointegration analysis the effects of incomes policy on...

This paper describes the functioning of a currency board within the socio-economic context in which it operates. Special focus is given to the macroeconomic implications of a currency board system compared to a central bank system. In particular the author describes the principles regulating a...

The aim of this note is to raise some doubts about the opportunity to abandon the economic policy strategies that support aggregate demand because it is a prerequisite to realize the credibility of the new currency- the Euro. Prevailing literature states that, in the choice between inflation and...

These writings examine Claudio Napoleoni's reflection on the problems of Marxist theory of value. While the first one focuses on the notion of economic exploitation, the second dwells on the concept of alienation. Both discuss how these explorations seek to delineate a horizon of human...

These writings examine Claudio Napoleoni's reflection on the problems of Marxist theory of value. While the first one focuses on the notion of economic exploitation, the second dwells on the concept of alienation. Both discuss how these explorations seek to delineate a horizon of human...

The aim of this essay is to show how sustained growth in the employment rate, which should be taken as a strategic variable of economic policy, depends - for given growth rates of output and working age population - on two conditions: (a) allowing working hours to decline at the same rate at...

The law proposal on the reduction of the working week submitted to the Italian Parliament provides an opportunity for a critical and constructive reflection on the role that a reduction of standard working time can play in pursuing the goal of increasing and maintaining a high employment rate....

Claudio Napoleoni’s reflection on the problems of the Marxist theory of value is not separate from that on the Italian economy. In particular, during the Sixties, his reexamination of the concepts of productive activities and rents allow him to argue that the social and political hegemony of...

This paper analyses both the recent transformations of capitalism in Latin America and the popular resistances of mass movements and class organizations. The revolutionary progresses observed on this continent are also examined, in particular the failure of the FTAA, the opening of the ALBA, the...