Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0
Author-Name: Massimo Paradiso
Author-Email:
Author-Workplace-Name: Università di Bari - Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche 
Title: Luigi Einaudi e il mito del pareggio del bilancio 
(Luigi Einaudi and the myth of balanced budget)
Abstract: Luigi Einaudi was always an opponent of the ‘myth’, viewed as an expression of orthodoxy and dogma in economic reasoning. However, this intellectual attitude is often interpreted as contradictory 
to his fame of laissez-faire economist, that would explain his acceptance of the principle of balanced budget and his misunderstanding of the Keynesian revolution. In this paper this interpretation is discussed in the light of Einaudi’s
 economic methodology, arguing that Einaudi considered the balanced budget as another ‘myth’, another questionable economic dogma. 
Classification-JEL: B31; H61
Keywords: Einaudi; methodology of economics; balanced budget (Einaudi; metodo in economia; pareggio di bilancio)
Journal: Il Pensiero Economico Italiano
Pages: 107-117
Volume: 12
Issue: 2
Year: 2004
File-URL: http://www.libraweb.net/articoli.php?chiave=200406302&rivista=63
Handle: RePEc:pei:journl:v:12:y:2004:2:7:p:107-117