Economists and War

Fabrizio Bientinesi is Associate Professor of Economic Thought in the Department of Economics and Management at the University of Pisa, Italy. Rosario Patalano is Associated Professor of the History of Economic Thought in the Department of Law at the University of Naples Federico II, Italy, and Guest Professor at the University Lumière Lyon 2, France.

Introduction Fabrizio Bientinesi and Rosario Patalano

1 An ‘Austrian’ Point of View on Total War: Stefan T. Possony Fabrizio Bientinesi

2 The Evolution of the Economic Thought Confronted with World War I and the Reparations’ Issue Fanny Coulomb

3 Third Way, Liberalism and the Crisis of Civilization: Wilhelm Röpke Facing the Second World War Alberto Giordano

4 From Pacifism to Political Realism: The Economics and Sociology of War in Vilfredo Pareto Terenzio Maccabelli

5 The Economics of Peace in the History of Political Economy Fabio Masini

6 Italian Economic Analyses of the First World War: ‘Historical Materialism’ Versus ‘Pure Economics’ Luca Michelini

7 Changes in the Pacifism of Akamatsu Kaname from the Interwar Period to WWII Tadashi Ohtsuki

8 War in Sismondi’s Interpretation of Modern Capitalism: Fresh Analytical Perspectives Letizia Pagliai

9 How to Pay for the War: Military Spending and War Funding in Italian Economic Thought (1890–1918) Rosario Patalano

10 Productive Powers and War in Friedrich List’s Theory of Economic Development Stefano Spalletti

11 Keynes on the Role of the ‘Insane and Irrational Springs of Wickedness’ in War Ted Winslow