Antonio de Viti de Marco

This book provides insight into the remarkable life and work of theItalian economist Antonio de Viti de Marco (1858-1943). This bookpresents eleven interviews with American and Italian scholars fromvarious disciplines that provide a profile of this major intellectualas an economic theorist, politician, and individual. He was thefounder of the pure theory of Public Finance, played an importantrole in the foundation of Public Choice, and was also a staunchliberal and radical politician.An English translation of one of his books, made as early as 1936,greatly influenced James M. Buchanan, Nobel prize-winner for economics.