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Augusto Graziani

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Augusto Graziani
Born(1933-05-04)4 May 1933
Died5 January 2014(2014-01-05) (aged 80)
NationalityItalian
Academic career
FieldMonetary economics
School or
tradition
Post-Keynesian economics
ContributionsMonetary circuit theory

Augusto Graziani (4 May 1933 – 5 January 2014)[1] was an Italian economist, Professor in Political Economy at University la Sapienza, most known for his contribution to monetary economics in founding monetary circuit theory.

Biography

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He graduated in economics and commerce from the "Federico II" University of Naples under Giuseppe Di Nardi, subsequently continuing his studies first at the London School of Economics with Lionel Robbins and then at Harvard University in Massachusetts, USA, where he met Wassily Leontief and Paul Rosenstein-Rodan.[2][3]

In 1962, he became a professor of political economy at the University of Catania. In 1965, he was a professor of economic policy at the University of Naples. Since 1989, he has been a full professor of political economy at the Faculty of Economics and Commerce at "La Sapienza" University of Rome.[4] He collaborated with Manlio Rossi-Doria at the Specialization Center of Portici, and with Francesco Compagna on "Nord e Sud".[2]

During the 11th legislature, he was proclaimed Senator of the Republic in the group of the Democratic Party of the Left, succeeding Gerardo Chiaromonte, who passed away in 1993.[5]

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References

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  1. ^ ilmattino Archived 2014-01-06 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 6th Jan 2013
  2. ^ a b "Augusto Graziani, un economista "inattuale" / alter / Sezioni / Home - Sbilanciamoci". sbilanciamoci.info. Archived from the original on 2014-08-06. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
  3. ^ "Repubblica edizione di Napoli". static.repubblica.it. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
  4. ^ "Augusto Graziani". emsf.rai.it. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2024-07-08.
  5. ^ "senato.it - Scheda di attività di Augusto Guido GRAZIANI - XI Legislatura". www.senato.it. Retrieved 2024-07-08.