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Interdisciplinaritˆ nella teoria economica: riflessioni sulle spalle di Paolo Sylos Labini (Interdisciplinarity and economic theory: Paolo Sylos LabiniÕs legacy)

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  • Angela Ambrosino

    (Universitˆ di Torino)

  • Luca Storti

    (Universitˆ di Torino)

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LÕarticolo mostra come Sylos Labini abbia contribuito a sviluppare un approccio interdisciplinare alla teoria economica. Si evidenzia che questo approccio ha diversi elementi di congiunzione con gli orientamenti eterodossi in economia, in particolare con quellÕambito della corrente istituzionalista che viene definito Original Institutional Economics e con il cosiddetto neoistituzionalismo sociologico. In particolare, Sylos Labini ha approfondito la commistione tra i diversi campi del sapere negli studi che ha dedicato alle classi sociali. Si proverˆ dunque a ricostruire come queste indagini diventino: i) il baricentro di una riflessione organica sui complessi rapporti tra politica-economia-societˆ storicamente presenti in Italia; ii) una sorta di campo tematico allÕinterno del quale Sylos Labini affina la propria concezione del lavoro scientifico dellÕeconomista e approfondisce come tra economia e istituzioni vi sia un rapporto di profonde interconnessioni. The paper deals with a specific part of Paolo Sylos Labini's scientific work promoting an interdisciplinary approach in economics. We suggest that Sylos Labini is an 'early promoter' of the contemporary heterodox orientations in economics. His contribution shares, indeed, relevant features with the Original Institutional Economics and sociological New-Institutionalism. More precisely, the paper focuses on Sylos Labini's investigations on the development of social classes in Italy. In these studies, the author developed an interdisciplinary approach mixing analytical tools belonging to both economic and sociology. We argue that this approach should be considered: i) the core of an organic reflection on the complex relationships between different level of analysis (i.e., political-economic-social ones) in the historical reconstruction of social classes in Italy; ii) a paramount example of Sylos Labini's idea of how economists should deal with scientific research.

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  • Angela Ambrosino & Luca Storti, 2020. "Interdisciplinaritˆ nella teoria economica: riflessioni sulle spalle di Paolo Sylos Labini (Interdisciplinarity and economic theory: Paolo Sylos LabiniÕs legacy)," Moneta e Credito, Economia civile, vol. 73(292), pages 285-300.
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    • A12 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Other Disciplines
    • B31 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought: Individuals - - - Individuals
    • B40 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Economic Methodology - - - General
    • B52 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Current Heterodox Approaches - - - Historical; Institutional; Evolutionary; Modern Monetary Theory;
    • Z1 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics

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