Sulla domanda di storia del pensiero economico. Alcune evidenze, alcune riflessioni

2020

In questo saggio si presenta un panorama dello stato attuale e del possibile futuro della Storia del Pensiero Economico (SPE). Nella prima parte ci concentriamo sulla domanda di SPE proveniente dall’interno del mondo accademico, da settori disciplinari diversi, a livello mondiale. La seconda parte invece individua alcuni ambiti esterni alla nostra professione che manifestano interesse nei confronti della SPE. Nella terza parte proviamo infine a proiettarci nel futuro, segnalando alcuni percorsi che ci sembra potrebbero andare incontro alle richieste identificate In this chapter we offer a presentation of the current state and possible evolution of studies in the History of Economic Thought.…

Italy’s North-South Divide Yet Again: Some New Evidence from Firms, Sectors and Territories

2021

The recent literature on the North-South divide in Italy has refuted a homogeneous reading and treatment of the “Southern question” and has recalled the importance of deep intra-South disparities. This paper contributes to this line of research, offering some descriptions of intra-South disparities. We first make use of data at the firm level pertaining to the manufacturing sector between 2008 and 2019 to show how productive units differ within each macro-area according to their main balance-sheet indicators and to technical efficiency, both in terms of their average and variability. Secondly, we use different data available at the provincial level to assess the territorial disparities exis…

Economics and Institutions: Contributions from the History of Economic Thought

2007