Maffeo Pantaleoni At the Origin of the Italian School of Economics and Finance [Paperback]

This collection of papers proposes to trace the professional and personal fortunes of Maffeo Pantaleoni (1857-1924), an eminent and controversial Italian economist from the liberalist culture which in the early twentieth century perceived the shortcomings and dangers of the nascent monopolist concentrations. He was one of the founders of what we can today call the Italian school of economics and finance. These contributions examine his life, thought and works and his reputation since his death. His vital influence on economic history.Introduction; M.Baldassarri - Obituary from the Economic Journal 0f December 1924; P.Sraffa - When Economics Talked to Society: The Life, Thought and Works; P.Bini - Marginalism and the Role of the State in the Economy; I.Magnani - From Principii to Erotemi. An Organic Interpretation; N.Bellanca - Pareto and Pantaleoni: Parallel Lives and Secant Lives; L.Chauvel & J-P.Fitoussi - Market and Competition: The Contribution of the Italian School; P.Ciocca - The Role of the Institutions in Pantaleoni's Thought; M.De Cecco - Ideas on Economic Dynamics; P.S.Labini