The years in-between the two World Wars were a crucial period for the building of economic dynamics as an autonomous field. Different competing research programs arose at international level. Great progress was achieved by studies on the business cycle, with the first statistical applications....

Introduction -- 1. Luigi Amoroso's early contributions -- 2. The birth of microeconomics. The Lezioni of 1921 -- 3. The ideological turn: Amoroso as corporatist economist -- 4. Amoroso and the first revolution of imperfect competition -- 5. From Fisher to Keynes. A mathematical business cycle...

1. The Paretian school in Italy -- 2. Pareto's legacy in economic dynamics -- 3. Dynamic equilibrium in the international context -- 4. Dynamic equilibrium and economic mechanics in Luigi Amoroso -- 5. Dynamic equilibrium and expectations in Giulio la Volpe -- 6. Eraldo Fossati and the role of...