Antonio de Viti de Marco by Manuela Mosca

Author:Manuela Mosca
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US, New York

There is also other evidence, for instance as we said before he was in the habit of making notes in his books, and if we take the book by one of his illustrious colleagues who was very well known as a scholar of public finance, I can even give his name, Federico Flora, also a senator, at one point De Viti de Marco writes on a page: ‘Copio copias!’, then on another page with question marks, and: ‘De Viti de Marco lithography.’11 This clearly shows his attitude. Not only this, but De Viti de Marco was also very critical towards colleagues that not only did not cite him, but did not even consider his theories; while the illustrious colleagues he mentioned accepted them, but did not give their author’s name. Quite an interesting case is that of Enrico Barone, who we think was one of the greatest Italian economists and also one of the greatest of his time12: in his 1912 book Principi di Economia Politica 13 Barone states that customs duties give rise to a destruction of wealth, which was not a concept original to Barone, because it is a concept that is still considered valid today, and De Viti de Marco writes: ‘Fool! He does not take public expenditure into account and therefore the compensation that public expenditure can make.’ In other words he says: it is true that customs duties can destroy wealth, but if the revenue the state obtains is spent adequately, there is no destruction of wealth. This is interesting because as we know De Viti de Marco was an ardent, or perhaps we could say fierce, supporter of free trade and was therefore opposed to customs duties; such a harsh comment certainly shows his highly critical spirit.

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