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The idea of State in the Italian tradition of public finance

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  • Amedeo Fossati

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The paper reviews some of the most representative Italian scholars, starting from De Viti de Marco and ending with Fasiani, conventionally considered the first and the last scholar of the Italian tradition. Their positions are discussed firstly in terms of the economic role they attributed to the State and, secondly, in terms of how they considered public goods and public needs. The paper then shows how their analysis depended on political, sociological and ethical assumptions about the State. Finally, it is argued that Italian tradition turned to alternative political and sociological approaches to the State.

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  • Amedeo Fossati, 2010. "The idea of State in the Italian tradition of public finance," The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 17(4), pages 881-907.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:eujhet:v:17:y:2010:i:4:p:881-907
    DOI: 10.1080/09672560903552520
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    1. Gustavo Nunes Mourão & Eduardo Angeli, 2022. "A classification of the methodology of James M. Buchanan from a multidisciplinary perspective," Constitutional Political Economy, Springer, vol. 33(4), pages 413-432, December.
    2. Mario Pomini, 2022. "The Early Invention of the so-called Laffer Curve and the Mathematics of the Progressive Tax in the Italian Tradition," HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT AND POLICY, FrancoAngeli Editore, vol. 2022(2), pages 77-93.

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