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The Devil in Details: Bentham’s Political Tactics as a Theory of Agenda
No full textThe article discusses the theory of agenda espoused by philosopher Jeremy Bentham in his work "Political Tactics." It explores the theory of parliamentary agenda, the use of economic theory in the realm of constitutional and political analysis and the role of publicity in parliamentary procedure. The author explains the belief of Bentham in the role of public opinion to promote the general interest of society and the safeguards necessary to protect it from manipulations
Gli Economisti accademici italiani dell'Ottocento e le traduzioni dei testi economici, intervento in Discussioni: Massimo M. Augello, Gli economisti accademici italiani dell'Ottocento. Una storia 'documentale'
No full textL’intervento sottolinea il legame tra l’opera di Massimo Augello sugli economisti italiani dell’Ottocento e i progetti di ricerca che, negli ultimi trenta anni, hanno approfondito i fenomeni di professionalizzazione, istituzionalizzazione e disseminazione della scienza economica in Italia, nonché la loro comparazione con gli analoghi fenomeni avvenuti in altri paesi europei ed extraeuropei. Il tema delle traduzioni di testi economici italiani viene poi introdotto come test di uno dei tanti usi che possono essere fatti dell’opera per approfondire aspetti importanti della storia dell’economia politica in Italia.The paper highlights the link between Massimo Augello’s work on the Italian economists of the 19th century and the research projects which, during the last three decades, have studied the phenomena of professionalisation, institutionalisation and dissemination of economics in Italy, as well as their comparison with the similar phenomena occurred in other European and extra-European countries. The subject of translations of economic texts is then introduced as a proof of the various uses that can be made of this work to study important aspects of the history of political economy in Italy
Corporative economics and the Italian tradition of economic though: a survey
No full textThis paper aims to provide a survey of the literature on the current of the Italian economic thought in the inter-war period known as “corporativisms”
Propaggini estreme del liberismo risorgimentale. La cultura delle istituzioni economiche a Teramo dalla crisi agraria al fascismo
No full textJeremy Bentham, the French Revolution, and the political economy of representation (1788 to 1789)
No full textThis paper examines the texts Jeremy Bentham wrote in 1788 and 1789 for the upcoming meeting of the Estates-General in France, focusing on the arrangement of a representative assembly. Bentham examined the problems of constitutional choice with an economic method, answering the fundamental questions of the efficiency of decisional mechanisms and of the correspondence between the interests of the representatives and that of the represented. The paper studies two problems in particular: that of the optimal degree of representation, and that of the role of bribery in elections. The optimal dimension of parliaments is established as a function of the probability that decisions are taken and that these decisions are useful. Anti-bribery laws are criticised with the radical argument that being willing to pay signals a strong commitment to political activity. The paper argues both that Bentham's place in the early history of collective choice should be restated, and that no retrospective reading is necessary to this end, since Bentham's economic approach is entirely embedded in his utilitarian philosophy
La passione del denaro, Attualità del pensiero di Bentham, padre fondatore dell’utilitarismo
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