1.The Political Philanthropy of the Female Elites -- Part I: A Women’s Network in Early 20th Century Italy -- 2.Harriet Lathrop Dunham alias Etta de Viti de Marco -- 3.Alice Hallgarten Franchetti: A Woman Beyond Barriers -- 4.Cora Slocomb Savorgnan di Brazzà. An Artisan of Peace and Social...

The profound and extensive influence of Spencer's thought is now generating a good deal of analysis, as is his contribution to evolutionist philosophy, to pedagogy, ethics, and anthropology. The aim of this paper is to highlight the importance of Spencer's theoretical work on economic thought....

The paper deals with the historical reconstruction of the relation between the Austrian economist Emil Sax and some Italian economists. It is focused on three questions of priority. The first concerns priority in the introduction of marginal analysis in public finance, seeing the works of Maffeo...

The paper deals with the notion of market power in the writings of two well-known Italian marginalists: Vilfredo Pareto (1848-1923), and Enrico Barone (1859-1924). It brings into focus the two economists' definition of the sources of market power, the kind of entry barriers the identified, and...

The paper looks into the notion of market power in the history of economic thought. It deals with the historical reconstruction of the definition of the sources of market power, and looks at the writings of some economists belonging to the Italian marginalist school (Antonio de Viti de Marco and...

This article belongs to the area of university policy, viewed as an important example of the relationship between culture and power. As a case study it utilizes the competitive exams for university chairs which took place in Italy for economic disciplines between 1900 and 1942. Interpreting the...