Antonio Serra and the Economics of Good Government
Little is known of Antonio Serra except that he wrote his extraordinary 1613 Short Treatise on the Causes that Make Kingdoms Abound in Gold and Silver even in the Absence of Mines in a Neapolitan jail, and that he died there soon afterwards. However the c
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ANTONIO SERRA AND THE ECONOMICS OF GOOD GOVERNMENT EDITED BY
R O S A R I O PATA L A N O SOPHUS A. REINERT
Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance Series Editors: Martin Allen, D’Maris Coffman, Tony K. Moore, and Sophus Reinert The study of the history of financial institutions, markets, instruments and concepts is vital if we are to understand the role played by finance today. At the same time, the methodologies developed by finance academics can provide a new perspective for historical studies. Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance is a multi-disciplinary effort to emphasize the role played by finance in the past, and what lessons historical experiences have for us. It presents original research, in both authored monographs and edited collections, from historians, finance academics and economists, as well as financial practitioners.
Titles include: Wadan Narsey BRITISH IMPERIALISM AND THE MAKING OF COLONIAL CURRENCY SYSTEMS Adrian Leonard MARINE INSURANCE: Origins and Institutuions, 1300–1850 Alisdair Dobie ACCOUNTING AT DURHAM CATHEDRAL PRIORY Roman Zaoral MONEY AND FINANCE IN CENTRAL EUROPE DURING THE LATER MIDDLE AGES Ali Coskun Tunçer SOVEREIGN DEBT AND INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CONTROL: The Middle East and the Balkans, 1868–1914 Kiyoshi Hirowatari BRITAIN AND EUROPEAN MONETARY COOPERATION, 1964–1979 Adrian Williamson CONSERVATIVE ECONOMIC POLICYMAKING AND THE BIRTH OF THATCHERISM, 1964–1979 Rafael Torres Sanchez CONSTRUCTING A FISCAL MILITARY STATE IN EIGHTEENTH CENTURY SPAIN Stuart J. Barton POLICY SIGNALS AND MARKET RESPONSES Ali Kabiri THE GREAT CRASH OF 1929 Martin Allen, D’Maris Coffman MONEY, PRICES AND WAGES Guy Rowlands DANGEROUS AND DISHONEST MEN: The International Bankers of Louis XIV’s France Duncan Needham UK MONETARY POLICY FROM DEVALUATION TO THATCHER, 1967–1982 D’Maris Coffman EXCISE TAXATION AND THE ORIGINS OF PUBLIC DEBT
The cover of the original edition of Serra’s Breve Trattato, reproduced with permission of the Reinert Family Collection.
Antonio Serra and the Economics of Good Government Edited by
Rosario Patalano Professor of the History of Economic Thought, University of Naples “Federico II”, Italy
and
Sophus A. Reinert Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School, USA
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