In this article the author recounts some fond memories of Franco Modigliani. For depth, breadth, originality and human wisdom, Modigliani gained in the ranking of scholars, the highest place of the twentieth century. Great Italian, great American economist, Franco was also one of the leading...

In this article the author recounts some fond memories of Franco Modigliani. For depth, breadth, originality and Modigliani human wisdom gained in the ranking of scholars, the highest place of the twentieth century. Great Italian, great American economist, Franco was also one of the leading...

In questo articolo l'autore racconta alcune affettuose memorie di Franco Modigliani. Per profondità, ampiezza, originalità e umana saggezza, Modigliani ha guadagnato nella classifica degli studiosi il posto più elevato del XX secolo. Grande italiano, grande economista americano, Franco è...

In this address to the Accademia dei Lincei, the author discusses the development of Modigliani's thinking, with special reference to the themes of money, monetary policy and economic policy in general, the main aspects of which were an integral part of the Bank of Italy's first econometric...

In this address to the Accademia dei Lincei, the author discusses the development of Modigliani's thinking, with special reference to the themes of money, monetary policy and economic policy in general, the main aspects of which were an integral part of the Bank of Italy's first econometric...

In the early '50s, Franco Modigliani and his student Richard Brumberg elaborated a theory of expenditure based on the idea that individuals make smart choices about how they want to spend at any age, with the only limit of the available resources in the course of their lives. Through the...

I met Franco Modigliani in 1948. We had common interests in three fields of economics - Keynes and unemployment, the relationship between monetary mechanisms and the real, forms of market and price formation, in two other fields, widely explored by Modigliani, the common interest was less - I am...

The present essay addresses the epistemic difficulties involved in achieving consensus with respect to the Hayek-Keynes debate. It is argued that the debate cannot be settled on the basis of the observable evidence; or, more precisely, that the empirical implications of the relevant theories are...