Pigou, Del Vecchio, and Sraffa: the 1955 International “Antonio Feltrinelli” Prize for the Economic and Social Sciences

Rogério Arthmar () and Michael McLure

The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 2017, vol. 24, issue 2, 274-286

Abstract: In 1955, the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei awarded the inaugural International “Feltrinelli” Prize for the Economic and Social Sciences to Arthur Cecil Pigou. This paper considers Gustavo Del Vecchio's active role on the selection committee in recommending Pigou for the Feltrinelli Prize and the related correspondence between Pigou, Piero Sraffa, and Del Vecchio. One of the most significant discovery reported in this paper is Sraffa's contention, expressed in an unpublished letter to Del Vecchio, that Pigou had “never been honoured in proportion to his merits.”

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1080/09672567.2016.1168860

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