Subscription to the appeal to save the Italian doctorate in Economic history and History of Economics
On 29 January 2025, the Italian most important economic newspaper, Il Sole 24 Ore, published an appeal by the economist and politician Piero Barucci, one of the most authoritative figures in Italian economic thought. The appeal supports the attempt to establish a PhD program in Italy on economic history and history of economic thought. Prominent Italian economists and politicians such as Giuliano Amato, Pierluigi Ciocca, Claudio de Vincenti, Elsa Fornero, Romano Prodi, Alberto Quadrio Curzio, Paolo Savona, Ignazio Visco, Giorgio La Malfa endorsed it.
Other initiatives have been taken by the Italian HET associations, such as articles in newspapers (huffingtonpost, AISPE president’s comment, Antonio Calabrò’s comment, Stefano Zamagni’s comment, and Paolo Paesani’s comment) and letters to Italian university institutions (letter to CRUI and MUR).
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