This chapter focuses on the rise and fall of the twin ideas-myths of money as a veil and the invisible hand of the market. First, Middle Ages metallistic theory is considered. It is stressed that not all classical economists shared (Adam Smith’s and David Ricardo’s) “received view,”...

The paper summarizes the rationale and contents of a conference held at the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei in December 2020, celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the Italian Statuto dei lavoratori (Charter of Workers' Rights): a reform that represents an important advancement in Italian civic...