The paper introduces to the special issue of the journal, devoted to Luigi Spaventa, former board member and frequent contributor to the journal, Italian MP and minister of the Budget. While most obituaries and recollections of Spaventa focus on his academic or political activities, the author...

The paper introduces to the special issue of the journal, devoted to Luigi Spaventa, former board member and frequent contributor to the journal, Italian MP and minister of the Budget. While most obituaries and recollections of Spaventa focus on his academic or political activities, the author...

Italian Abstract: L'articolo introduce il numero speciale della rivista, dedicato a Luigi Spaventa, membro fondatore e assiduo collaboratore della rivista, membro del Palramento Italiano e ministro delle Finanze. Mentre buona parte dei necrologi e memorie di Spaventa si focalizzano sul suo...

The financial and economic crisis brings to a reconsideration of macroeconomics: as it happened in the past, after the Great Crash of 1929 as well as after the Second World War and after the collapse of the Bretton Woods system in 1971 and the subsequent oil crisis. A brief critical survey of...

The financial and economic crisis brings to a reconsideration of macroeconomics: as it happened in the past, after the Great Crash of 1929 as well as after the Second World War and after the collapse of the Bretton Woods system in 1971 and the subsequent oil crisis. A brief critical survey of...

The financial and economic crisis brings to a reconsideration of macroeconomics: as it happened in the past, after the Great Crash of 1929 as well as after the Second World War and after the collapse of the Bretton Woods system in 1971 and the subsequent oil crisis. A brief critical survey of...

The financial and economic crisis brings to a reconsideration of macroeconomics: as it happened in the past, after the Great Crash of 1929 as well as after the Second World War and after the collapse of the Bretton Woods system in 1971 and the subsequent oil crisis. A brief critical survey of...

Thanks to the Banca Nazionale del Lavoro and the Associazione Paolo Sylos Labini it is possible to keep two journals with a long and prestigious history alive, while maintaining intact their orientation towards scientific research and debate in the field of economic theory and policy, with...

The article introduces to the new issue of the journal by putting into context the various articles contained therein. It specifically deals with the recent changes of opinion and approach on the side of the IMF and several economists concerning fiscal policy and the appropriate response to the...

The article synthesises the large and extending literature on the financial and economic crisis from a Post-Keynesian point of view. The authors take on the position that the international and internal real imbalances are serious and worrying, but yet they are not the cause of the crisis or of...