Pierangelo Garegnani

Pierangelo Garegnani (9 August 1930 – 14 October 2011) was an Italian economist and professor of the University of Rome III.^[1] He was the director of the Fondazione Centro Piero Sraffa di Studi e Documenti at the Federico Caffè School of Economics, and also the literary executor of the works, documents and papers left by the Italian economist Piero Sraffa to the University of Cambridge's Wren Library.

Pierangelo Garegnani
Born	9 August 1930 Milan, Italy
Died	14 October 2011(2011-10-14) (aged 81) Lavagna, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Academic career
Institution	University of Rome III
Field	Economics
School or tradition	Neo-Ricardian school
Alma mater	University of Pavia, University of Cambridge
Influences	Piero Sraffa
Information at IDEAS / RePEc

Professor Garegnani was one of the leading theoretical critics of neoclassical economics. He published several books and articles concerning the classical economic theory, from Ricardo to Sraffa, as an alternative theoretical foundation to analyse the capitalist economy. An account of his contributions was published by the Royal Economic Society.^[2] During the 1980s, Garegnani worked as a visiting professor at The New School.^[3]

Works

A comprehensive list of Garegnani's works is provided in Giancarlo de Vivo [2012].^[4]

Further reading

• Milgate, Murray. [2012], "Pierangelo Gargenani: A sketch of his career", Contributions to Political Economy, vol. 31, Issue 1, pp.19-21.
• Mongiovi, G. and Petri F. (eds.), Value, Distribution and capital. Essays in honor of Pierangelo Garegnani, London, Routledge, ISBN 0-415-14277-6.

References

1. (in Italian). Università degli Studi Roma Tre. Archived from the original on 16 June 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
2. Milgate, Murray. [2012], "Pierangelo Garegnani", Royal Economic Society, Newsletter, Number 156, January.
3. "Pierangelo Garegnani, 1930–2011".
4. De Vivo, Giancarlo. [2012], "Pierangelo Garegnani: A checklist of his works", Contributions to Political Economy, vol. 31, Issue 1, pp.23–28.