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Author-Name: Giuseppe Amari
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Author-Workplace-Name: Fondazione Giuseppe Di Vittorio, Roma - Centro Studi ‘Federico Caffè’
Title: Federico Caffè: tra il tempo dell'utopia e lo spazio del riformismo 
(Federico Caffè between the time of utopia and the space of reformism)
Abstract: Standing alone among those who believed it harmful to correct a system that would be rapidly overtaken,
and among those who instead believed it useless because the system was capable of finding its
best equilibriums on its own, Caffè had the courage to propose concrete solutions to the most urgent
problems, starting with full and high-quality employment. However, together with his friend Bruno
De Finetti, he believed a utopian vision was necessary in order to give free way to his reformism. He
considered economic policy as being an intermediary and a bridge between pure economics and applied
economics, in a unitary conception of the economic discipline. Caffè identified himself in the
ideal program of the Constitution that attempted to substantiate as civil servant, teacher and ‘adviser
to the citizen’
Classification-JEL: A23, B41, E12 
Keywords: politica economica; utopia; riformismo; piena e buona occupazione; costituzione;
sviluppo civile; Federico Caffè; Bruno De Finetti; J. M. Keynes
(economic policy; utopia; reformism; full and decent employment; constitution; civil development;
Federico Caffè; Bruno De Finetti; J. M. Keynes)
Journal: Il Pensiero Economico Italiano
Pages: 135-151
Volume: 23
Issue: 2
Year: 2015
File-URL: http://www.libraweb.net/articoli.php?chiave=201506302&rivista=63
Handle: RePEc:pei:journl:v:23:y:2015:2:10:p:135-151