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: Introducendo la pubblicazione di una lunga lettera del 1956 di Franco Modigliani (FM) a Paolo Sylos Labini (PSL) sulla stesura del libro di PSL, Oligopolio e Progresso Tecnico, la rivista rivede criticamente il background teorico dei commenti di FM, mostrando come le radici il...

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. A differenza della ben nota recensione del 1958 di...

Italian Abstract: Introducendo la pubblicazione di una lunga lettera del 1956 di Franco Modigliani (FM) a Paolo Sylos Labini (PSL) in merito al progetto del libro di PSL, Oligopolio e progresso tecnico, l'articolo esamina criticamente il background teorico dei commenti di FM, che mostra come le...

Introducing the publication of a long 1956 letter by Franco Modigliani (FM) to Paolo Sylos Labini (PSL) on the draft of PSL's book, Oligopoly and Technical Progress, the paper critically reviews the theoretical background of FM's comments, showing how the pre-Keynesian roots dominate the...

This paper discusses the following two hypotheses. The first one is based on the epistemological proposal which we have named the principle of discontinuity. It asserts that certain developments in the history of economic thought involve theoretical breaks which can only be fully explained by...

Modern growth theory derives mostly from Robert Solow's “A Contribution to the Theory of Economic Growth” (1956). Solow's own interpretation locates the origins of his “Contribution” in his view that the growth model of Roy Harrod implied a tendency toward progressive collapse of the...

Solow has repeatedly called for the development of models that combine equilibrium and out-of equilibrium outcomes or what he called a macro-economics of the medium-run. This paper recounts the history of Solow's different attempts to address this issue. It starts in early 1950s when Solow...

Frederic Bastiat (1801-1850) was an economist and journalist. A member of the French Liberal School, he is best known for his free trade ideas and his philosophy of law. Mark Blaug ranks him as one of the 100 greatest economists before Keynes. Schumpeter called him a brilliant economic...

Frederic Bastiat (1801-1850) was a French economist and journalist. One of his classic works is The Candlemakers' Petition, which uses the reductio ad absurdum philosophical technique to dismantle the arguments the French protectionists put forth to protect French industry in the mid-nineteenth...