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Author-Name: Giovanni Pavanelli
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Author-Workplace-Name: Universitŕ di Torino - Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Finanziarie «G. Prato»
Title: Preparare una «sana e vigile» opinione pubblica: la collaborazione di Luigi Einaudi al «Corriere della Sera» 
(Creating a «sound and alert» public opinion: Luigi Einaudi as a columnist of the «Corriere della Sera»)
Abstract: Luigi Einaudi (1874-1961), one of the leading Italian economist of the first half of the twentieth century,
acted also as an influential and prolific columnist for the «Corriere della Sera», the authoritative
newspaper edited in Milan by Luigi Albertini: from 1903 till 1925, when was forced to quit by the fascist
regime, Einaudi wrote about 1,700 articles dealing with most relevant issues of the Italian economic,
political and social system of his time. This paper aims at analysing the role played by Einaudi’s articles
in interpreting and influencing Italian public opinion, in transmitting ideas and programmes, in
advocating economic and social policy measures and in explaining and criticizing those adopted by
the central government and by local administrators. To this aim the first section provides an overview
of the role played by newspapers in transmitting economic ideas, of the influence exerted by Einaudi’s
articles on the public opinion and of his style of writing. A further section examines Einaudi’s pre-
World War i newspaper writings on the financial crises (particularly on 1907 crisis), on the working
of the financial markets and on price stabilization. Part 3 of the paper deals with his articles on public
finance and the war economy. A final section focuses on the articles he published in the years 1919-1925: 
during this period Einaudi strongly advocated policies aimed at strenghtening free market competition
and fiscal and monetary stability
Classification-JEL: B10, B31, N34
Keywords: pensiero economico italiano; opinione pubblica; trasmissione delle idee economiche;
quotidiani; Luigi Einaudi
(Italian economic thought; public opinion; transmission of economic ideas; newspapers;
Luigi Einaudi)
Journal: Il Pensiero Economico Italiano
Pages: 81-102
Volume: 18
Issue: 1
Year: 2010
File-URL: http://www.libraweb.net/articoli.php?chiave=201006301&rivista=63
Handle: RePEc:pei:journl:v:18:y:2010:1:4:p:81-102