Augusto Graziani

Augusto Graziani
Born	(1933-05-04)4 May 1933 Naples
Died	5 January 2014(2014-01-05) (aged 80)
Nationality	Italian
Academic career
Field	Monetary economics
School or tradition	Post-Keynesian economics
Contributions	Monetary 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

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]

See also

• Endogenous money

Further reading

• Scientific Profile in augustograziani.com
• Complete work in augustograziani.com
• Brief biography.
• Philip Arestis, Malcolm C. Sawyer, A biographical dictionary of dissenting economists, "Augusto GRAZIANI" (biography), pp. 254–263.
• Augusto Graziani, "The theory of the monetary circuit", Economies et Societes, vol. 24, n°. 6, pp. 7-36 (1990).
• Augusto Graziani, "The theory of the monetary circuit", in The money supply in the economic process: a post Keynesian perspective, vol. 60, eds M. Musella and C. Panico, Elgar Reference Collection, International Library of Critical Writings in Economics, Aldershot, U.K. (1995)
• Augusto Graziani, "The Marxist Theory of Money". International Journal of Political Economy, vol. 27, n° 2, Marxian Theory: The Italian Debate (Summer, 1997), pp. 26–50.
• Augusto Graziani, The Monetary Theory of Production, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK (2003).

References

1. ilmattino Archived 2014-01-06 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 6th Jan 2013
2. "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.