Epicarmo Corbino

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Epicarmo Corbino
Minister of Industry
In office
1945–1945
Personal details
Born1890
Augusta, Sicily, Kingdom of Italy
Died1984 (aged 93–94)
Naples, Italy
Political partyItalian Liberal Party
Children
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Naples

Epicarmo Corbino (1890–1984) was an Italian academic and economist who served briefly as the

minister of treasury in the 1940s. He was among the most influential Italian economists.[1]

Biography

Corbino was born in

cabinets of Mussolini.[3]

Epicarmo Corbino was promoted to professorship at the

second cabinets of Prime Minister Alcide De Gasperi from December 1945 to September 1946 when he resigned from the office.[2][4] Corbino was member of the National Council and then, of the Constituent Assembly until 1953 for the Liberal party.[2]

Carbino left the Liberal Party before the general elections in 1953 and co-founded and headed the National Democratic Alliance in the elections.[5] He collaborated with former Prime Minister Ferruccio Parri in the establishment of the party.[6] However, the party did not manage to win a seat at the parliament.[5]

Between 1959 and 1965 Corbino was the president of the Banco di Napoli.[2] He died in Naples in 1984.[2]

Views and work

As an economist Corbino belonged to the classical school of economics in addition to Marcello Soleri, Pietro Campilli, Luigi Einaudi and Gustavo Del Vecchio.[7][8] He described himself as an advocate of the approach developed by British economist Alfred Marshall.[4] Therefore, he was an ardent supporter of free enterprise.[4] During the Fascist period Corbino and other liberal economists, including Attilio Cabiati, Edoardo Giretti and Luigi Einaudi did not become closer to the regime.[1]

He was author of many books. Later he also published studies of environmental problems, being one of the pioneers in this field in Italy.[9]

References

  1. ^
    S2CID 154932244
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  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Corbino, Epicarmo" (in Italian). Treccani. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  3. ^ "About Us". Fondazione Cariello Corbino. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  4. ^ a b c Alberto Mingardi (2020). "The Road Not Taken of "Nuovo liberalismo"". In John B. Taylor (ed.). From the Past to the Future: Ideas and Actions for a Free Society. Hoover Press. Archived from the original on 2 December 2021.
  5. ^
    JSTOR 40392653
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  6. JSTOR 442365
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  7. S2CID 225016028
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  8. ProQuest 303267078
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  9. ^ Duccio Cavalieri (2010). "Epicarmo Corbino, XXth century liberal neoclassical economist". Il Pensiero Economico Italiano (in Italian). 2 (20).

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