The Oxford Handbook of the Italian Economy Since Unification (Oxford Handbooks)

by: Gianni Toniolo (Author)

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Publication Date: 2013/2/1

Language: English

Print Length: 816 pages

ISBN-10: 0199936692

ISBN-13: 9780199936694

Book Description

This Oxford Handbook provides a fresh overall view and interpretation of the mode economic growth of one of the largest European countries, whose economic history is less known inteationally than that of other comparably large and successful economies. It will provide, for the first time, a comprehensive, quantitative "new economic history" of Italy.The handbook offers an interpretation of the main successes and failures of the Italian economy at a macro level, the research--conducted by a large inteational team of scholars --contains entirely new quantitative results and interpretations, spanning the entire 150-year period since the unification of Italy, on a large number of issues. By providing a comprehensive view of the successes and failures of Italian firms, workers, and policy makers in responding to the challenges of the inteational business cycle, the book crucially shapes relevant questions on the reasons for the current unsatisfactory response of the Italian economy to the ongoing "second globalization." Most chapters of the handbook are co-authored by both an Italian and a foreign scholar.

About the Author

This Oxford Handbook provides a fresh overall view and interpretation of the mode economic growth of one of the largest European countries, whose economic history is less known inteationally than that of other comparably large and successful economies. It will provide, for the first time, a comprehensive, quantitative "new economic history" of Italy.The handbook offers an interpretation of the main successes and failures of the Italian economy at a macro level, the research--conducted by a large inteational team of scholars --contains entirely new quantitative results and interpretations, spanning the entire 150-year period since the unification of Italy, on a large number of issues. By providing a comprehensive view of the successes and failures of Italian firms, workers, and policy makers in responding to the challenges of the inteational business cycle, the book crucially shapes relevant questions on the reasons for the current unsatisfactory response of the Italian economy to the ongoing "second globalization." Most chapters of the handbook are co-authored by both an Italian and a foreign scholar.