A Contemporary Comprehensive Economic Science
The Economic Thought and Legacy of Maffeo Pantaleoni
Published on 18. November 2025
254 pages
978-1-040-56696-1 (ISBN)
Description
Covering Maffeo Pantaleoni's key areas of contribution to economics, this book provides a comprehensive study of one of the foremost economic thinkers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Called the 'prince' of Italian economists by Piero Sraffa, among others, Maffeo Pantaleoni (1857-1924) was an original and innovative thinker but also bizarre and extravagant. As a result he did not produce an inherently continuous and systematic work, but his contributions oscillate between a shifting idealism and heterogeneous operational criteria. Contrasting with the specialisation which pervades the economic sciences today, rereading Pantaleoni one hundred years after his death, it is clear that he excelled in 'pure' as much as in 'applied' economics, in public economics as in statistical or historical-economic studies. Overall, his expertise spanned fields of economics that are now considered disaggregated and distant from each other. Thus, the Pantaleonian spirit, which was innovative and completist and could not be confined within any enclosure, was lost a century ago. This volume brings together a group of specialists capable of identifying the many points of contact between Pantaleoni's multiform thought and the disciplinary plurality of his economics - thus providing 'A Complete Economic Science' of which Pantaleoni would be proud.
The book will be of interest to economists, readers in history of economic thought, intellectual history, Italian history more broadly, and scholars with diverse profiles of interest.
The book will be of interest to economists, readers in history of economic thought, intellectual history, Italian history more broadly, and scholars with diverse profiles of interest.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
9 Tables, black and white; 19 Halftones, black and white; 19 Illustrations, black and white
File size
8,29 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-040-56696-1 (9781040566961)
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Stefano Spalletti | Francesca Spigarelli
A Contemporary Comprehensive Economic Science
The Economic Thought and Legacy of Maffeo Pantaleoni
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Persons
Stefano Spalletti is Professor of History of Economic Thought and Coordinator of the Ghino Valenti Research Centre at the University of Macerata.
Francesca Spigarelli, Ph.D., is Professor of Applied Economics. She teaches at the Department of Law on industrial economics, innovation economics and economics.
Francesca Spigarelli, Ph.D., is Professor of Applied Economics. She teaches at the Department of Law on industrial economics, innovation economics and economics.
Content
Introduction, Stefano Spalletti and Francesca Spigarelli, Maffeo Pantaleoni's Comprehensive Economic Science, Stefano Spalletti, 1 Marginalism, competition and growth, 1.1 Pantaleoni's Legacy for Economic Ethics: Rethinking Self-interest and Cooperation in light of Cognitive Sciences, Benedetta Giovanola, 1.2 Revisiting Pantaleoni's Theory of Political Prices: Analytical Limitations and Political Topicality, Roberto Lampa and Gianmarco Oro, 1.3 Population dynamics and economic growth. Co-evolution and complexity., Mauro Maria Baldi, Cristiana Mammana and Elisabetta Michetti, 1.4 Wealth distribution in Italy: A modern reinterpretation of Pantaleoni's view, Fabio Clementi and Michele Fabiani, 1.5 Maffeo Pantaleoni in Beijing, Francesca Spigarelli, 2 Governance of public and private organizations, 2.1 Management competencies for public administration governance: reflections in light of Maffeo Pantaleoni's thought, Katia Giusepponi, Stefano Perri and Ernesto Tavoletti, 2.2 Maffeo Pantaleoni: pioneer of the main criteria behind bank bailouts?, Raffaella Coppier and Anna Grazia Quaranta, 2.3 Maffeo Pantaleoni's 'totalizzatore' and corporate performance measurement systems, Roberto Del Gobbo, Antonella Paolini and Michela Soverchia, 3 History and recent economic approaches, 3.1 Rationalism vs. Reality: The Case of Maffeo Pantaleoni, Alberto Zanutto, 3.2 Pantaleoni and gender Issues, Elisabetta Croci Angelini, 3.3 Large Language Model (LLM) and Economic Thought: a Simple Experiment with Maffeo Pantaleoni, Emanuele Frontoni, Cristian Santini, Paolo Sernani, Stefano Spalletti and Enzo Valentini, Index.
