phase" of Fascist Italy (1922-1925) as a case study to explain austerity as a full-blown rationality, that is intrinsically …The historical forerunners of contemporary austerity are still largely unexplored. This essay considers the "liberal … beyond the interpretation of austerity as the post-1980, neoliberal recipe of price deflation and budget cuts. The Italian …

Italy is well known for its prominent economists, as well as for the typical public profile they have constantly … Ivory Tower”: Economic Culture in Italian Academies under Fascism -- 5. The Italian Economists as Legislators and … Policymakers during the Fascist Regime -- 6. Banks, Firms and Economic Culture. Economists and Research Centres in Interwar Italy …

purge of fascist economists. Volume I (available separately) explores how the economics profession was managed under fascism … Ivory Tower”: Economic Culture in Italian Academies under Fascism -- 5. The Italian Economists as Legislators and … Policymakers during the Fascist Regime -- 6. Banks, Firms and Economic Culture. Economists and Research Centres in Interwar Italy …

1.Italian Economics and Fascism: an Institutional View -- 2. Economists and the Fascist Regime: A Painful Continuity …Italy is well known for its prominent economists, as well as for the typical public profile they have constantly … economics profession under Fascism, in particular in light of the political and institutional changes that the regime introduced …

. Mattei traces modern austerity to its origins in interwar Britain and Italy, revealing how the threat of working-class power … austerity-and of modern economics-at the levers of contemporary political power." …"For more than a century, governments facing financial crisis have resorted to the economic policies of austerity …