Fernando Vianello

Fernando Vianello
Born (1939-08-17)August 17, 1939
Bologna
Italy
Died August 10, 2009(2009-08-10) (aged 69)
Rome, Italy
Nationality Italy
Field Political economy
School or tradition
Neo-Ricardian school
Alma mater University of Bologna
Jesus College, Cambridge
Influences Adam Smith
David Ricardo
John Maynard Keynes
Piero Sraffa
Paolo Sylos Labini
Pierangelo Garegnani
Influenced Giovanni Bonifati
Annamaria Simonazzi
Paolo Trabucchi
Antonella Palumbo

Fernando Vianello (August 17, 1939 – August 10, 2009) was an Italian economist and academic.[1][2]

Together with Michele Salvati, Sebastiano Brusco, Andrea Ginzburg and Salvatore Biasco, he founded the Faculty of Economics of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia.[3]

In 1963 he graduated in Law from the University of Bologna with a thesis on the Italian economic development, under the supervision of Paolo Sylos Labini.[4]

In the same year he attended the sixth training course on "Economic Development" organized in Rome by SVIMEZ (Italian Association of Southern Italy's Industries Development), managed by Claudio Napoleoni.

From 1964 to 1966 he was an assistant professor in "Principles of Political Economy" course held by Sylos Labini at the Faculty of Statistics of the "Sapienza" University of Rome.

Since 1966 he began attending economic courses taught by Joan Robinson, Nicholas Kaldor, Richard Kahn and James Meade in the University of Cambridge (United Kingdom). In 1968 he obtained a degree in Economics (Bachelor of Arts Degree) at Jesus College in the University of Cambridge.

Academic career

During his career Prof. Vianello had the opportunity to collaborate some of the most important Italian economists of the twentieth century, such as Federico Caffè, Paolo Sylos Labini and Pierangelo Garegnani.

University of Siena

Faculty of Economic and Banking Sciences

  • Associate Professor of History of Economic Doctrines.

University of Modena and Reggio Emilia

Faculty of Economics

  • Associate (then “Full”) Professor of History of Economic Doctrines (1969–1987).

"Sapienza" University of Rome

Faculty of Economics

  • Director of Public Economics Department (1988–1989).
  • Full Professor of Economics and History of Economic Analysis (1987–2009).
  • Head of the PhD course in Economics (1999–2001).
  • Professor of Macroeconomics in PhD course in Economics (1987–2009).

Research

Prof. Vianello developed his expertise on several research fields. He worked with the theories of value and distribution of income and paid special attention to the link between capital accumulation and the profit rate. He analyzed classical political economy theories from Adam Smith, David Ricardo and Karl Marx.

He then tackled important events in the Italian economy and the European Union. Regarding the Italian economy, he first studied the aftermath of the Second World War, then the answer to the workers' struggles of the sixties and early seventies, and most recently Italy's adhesion to the European single currency.

With regard to the European economy, he focused his attention to the reasons, operating ways and the consequences of the European Monetary System and the European single currency.

Finally, he studied the issues of prices, interest rate and effective demand, and developed ideas that were stimulated by the writings of John Maynard Keynes.

Personal life

Prof. Vianello has a wife, Mariella Gramaglia née Vianello, a journalist who was a member of the Italian Parliament during the Legislature X of Italy. Mrs. Vianello was also assessor appointed at Comune of Rome first by mayor Francesco Rutelli and then by mayor Walter Veltroni. They have two children: Maddalena and Michele.

List of publications

A selection of published works written by Prof. Vianello is available online at the website of the Faculty of Economics of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia.[5]

In English language

In Italian language

Further reading

See also

References

  1. it: News of the death of Prof. Fernando Vianello provided on August 13, 2009 on the website of Paolo Sylos Labini Association
  2. "it: L'economia concreta di Nando Vianello" (en: "The concrete economy of Nando Vianelllo")". Sbilanciamoci.info. August 12, 2009. Retrieved January 11, 2013.
  3. Prof. Vianello's profile published on the website of the Faculty of Economics of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
  4. Article "Paolo Sylos Labini, concrete keys to the economy" published by Prof. Fernando Vianello on the italian newspaper "Il Manifesto" and republished on the website of the Paolo Sylos Labini Association
  5. Selection of published works by Prof. F. Vianello on the website of the Faculty of Economics of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia

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