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The economic thought of Federico Caffè and Paolo Sylos Labini on privileges and merit: a common ground with civil economy

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  • Gabriele Mandolesi

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Fights against privileges and inequalities were one of the main areas of analysis of the Italian economists of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The aim of this paper is to show that Federico Caffè and Paolo Sylos Labini retrieve the Civil Economy tradition, discussing their economic thought focusing on those aspects of their works where we can retrace a critical approach similar to their predecessors on topics like rent, privileges and merit.

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  • Gabriele Mandolesi, 2021. "The economic thought of Federico Caffè and Paolo Sylos Labini on privileges and merit: a common ground with civil economy," International Review of Economics, Springer;Happiness Economics and Interpersonal Relations (HEIRS), vol. 68(2), pages 263-277, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:inrvec:v:68:y:2021:i:2:d:10.1007_s12232-021-00368-y
    DOI: 10.1007/s12232-021-00368-y
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    Keywords

    Merit; Inequality; Federico Caffè; Paolo Sylos Labini; Civil economy; Economic thought;
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    JEL classification:

    • A13 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Social Values
    • A14 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Sociology of Economics
    • B12 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought through 1925 - - - Classical (includes Adam Smith)

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