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In this book some of the world's leading economists and experts on Serra explore the enduring appeal of his 1613 Breve trattato.

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Author:   Rosario Patalano ,  Sophus A. Reinert
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2016
ISBN:  

9781349711994

ISBN 10:   1349711993
Pages:   374
Publication Date:   09 May 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Rosario Patalano and Sophus A. Reinert 1. The Place of Naples in the Seventeenth-century Spanish Empire: Gabriel Paquette 2. The Vicaria Prison of Naples in the time of Antonio Serra: Francesca De Rosa 3. The Cost of Empires: Antonio Serra and the Debate on the Causes and Solutions of Economic Crises in the Viceroyalty of Naples in the Seventeenth Century: Giovanni Zanalda 4. Serra's Brief Treatise in a World-System Perspective: The Dutch Miracle and Italian Decadence in the Early 17th Century: Rosario Patalano 5. The Influence of Portuguese Economic Thought on the Breve trattato: Antonio Serra and Miguel Vaaz in Spanish Naples: Gaetano Sabatini 6. Authority and Expertise at the Origins of Macroeconomics: Sophus A. Reinert 7. The Republic of Liberties and Wealth: The Politics of Antonio Serra: Luca Addante 8. External imbalances and the money supply: Two controversies in the English 'Realme' and in the Kingdom of Naples: Lilia Costabile 9. Real and Monetary Factors in the de Santis-Serra Controversy: Andre Tiran 10. Serra and underdevelopment: Cosimo Perrotta 11. 'To console and alleviate the human mind': Ferdinando Galiani's attempted re-publication of Serra in the 1750s: Koen Stapelbroek 12. Francesco Saverio Salfi and the eulogy for Antonio Serra: Politics, Freemasonry and the consumption of Culture in the Early Nineteenth Century: Antonio Trampus 13. Serra's Discovery and Ill Fate in the Liberal Nineteenth Century: Francesco di Battista 14. The Heritage of Antonio Serra: Alessandro Roncaglia 15. Serra's Breve Trattato and the Financial and Monetary Aspects of Economic Development: Jan Kregel 16. Antonio Serra and the Problems of Today: Erik S. Reinert Index

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Rosario Patalano is Professor of the History of Economic Thought at the University of Naples 'Federico II'. Sophus A. Reinert is Assistant Professor of Business Administration in the Business, Government, and the International Economy Unit at Harvard Business School.

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