Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Claudia Rotondi Author-Email: Author-Workplace-Name: Università cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano Title: Progettare l'Italia nuova: Antonio Pesenti e il Ministero per la Costituente (Designing the new Italy: Antonio Pesenti and the ministry for the constituent assembly) Abstract: In 1946 Antonio Pesenti was asked to chair the Committee on Labour set up within the Ministry for Constituent Assembly. He also collaborated with the Economic Commission of the same Ministry. Through the proceedings and the archival sources we can rebuild the net Pesenti’s position on Right to Employment, public finance, the role of the state in economy. Furthermore we can trace the echo that his arguments had in the debate linked to the processing of the Italian Constitution Classification-JEL: A11, B20, B31, E61, N44, P11 Keywords: Antonio Pesenti; diritto al lavoro; nazionalizzazioni; finanza pubblica (Antonio Pesenti; right to employment; nationalisation; public finance) Journal: Il Pensiero Economico Italiano Pages: 103-116 Volume: 19 Issue: 1 Year: 2011 File-URL: http://www.libraweb.net/articoli.php?chiave=201106301&rivista=63 Handle: RePEc:pei:journl:v:19:y:2011:1:7:p:103-116