La Riforma sociale nella formazione di Nitti economista

Italo Magnani

HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT AND POLICY, 2009, vol. VI, issue 1, 21-44

Abstract: The riforma sociale in the making of an economist: francesco saverio nitti The paper attempts to trace the character and work of Francesco Saverio Nitti by reflecting on the economic and social contents of the review he founded: "La riforma sociale". The historical period is the end of the 19th century, by which the "Giornale degli Economisti" of Antonio de Viti de Marco, Ugo Mazzola and Maffeo Pantaleoni had already established as the principal Italian journal of political economy. "La riforma sociale" was born in the February of 1894 under the initiative of Francesco Saverio Nitti with the aim of containing the dominant liberal thought and reviving a way of making research in the field of economics that may be ascribed to the German Historicism. The paper focuses on the roots of the ideals of Nitti?s review and on the meaning of the disagreement with the "Giornale degli Economisti", on the ground of method, ideology and economic policy. More in detail, the paper considers Nitti?s views on production, distribution and their possible connections; labour protection and social legislation; the relationship between internal social policy and international competition; and lastly, regional imbalances and public intervention. JEL classification: B 3; B 31, B 40. Keywords: Saverio Nitti; Social reform; Production and distribution; Legislation of labor; Protectionism; Regional economics.

Date: 2009
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.francoangeli.it/riviste/Scheda_Riviste. ... 546&Tipo=ArticoloPDF (text/html)
Single articles can be downloaded buying download credits, for info: https://www.francoangeli.it/DownloadCredit

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:fan:spespe:v:html10.3280/spe2009-001002

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
http://www.francoang ... o.aspx?IDRivista=121

Access Statistics for this article

HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT AND POLICY is currently edited by FrancoAngeli

More articles in HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT AND POLICY from FrancoAngeli Editore
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Stefania Rosato ().