- Federico Caffè
Infobox Person
name = Federico Caffè
birth_date = birth date|1914|1|6
birth_place =Pescara ,Italy
death_date = death date|1987|4|15|1914|1|6 ?
death_place =Rome ,Italy ?
education =University of Rome La Sapienza Federico Caffè (
Pescara ,January 6 1914 —Rome ,April 15 1987 ?) was a renowned Italianeconomist .A 1936 business sciences graduate at the
University of Rome La Sapienza , Federico Caffè started his career working at the Bank of Italy, later becoming a teacher at theUniversity of Messina . From 1959 he taught Economics and Fiscal Policy at the University of Rome La Sapienza, forming several generations of economists in what is the largest university in Italy.Caffè was particularly interested in
Economic policy and Welfare, especially in their social dimensions. One of his books, "Lezioni di politica economica" (Lessons in Economic Policy), is widely regarded as the complete summary of his ideas. He was a strong critic offree trade , avowedly Keynesian in inspiration, and also very interested in theScandinavian welfare model .On April 15, 1987, Caffè suddenly disappeared, shortly after having quit university teaching. He was "officially declared dead" on
October 30 1998 . He is generally believed to have committed suicide.The Faculty of Economics of the
Third University of Rome is named after him, as well as theRoskilde University Centre for Southern European Studies.References
External links
* [http://www.ruc.dk/federico/about/ A biography of Federico Caffè (from the Roskilde University website)]
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