Pareto's ‘Chronicles’ in Relation to his Sociology

Bibliographic Data

ID12230328
AuthorsMichael Mclure (0000-0003-1479-8343, The University of Western Australia, corresponding author)
Year2010
Volume22
Issue3
Pages439-458
Publication date2010-07-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueReview of Political Economy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0953-8259 • E-ISSN: 1465-3982
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09538251003665743
OpenAlexW2154570649
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited18

The 'second series' of the Giornale degli Economisti commenced in 1890 and established itself as the leading Italian vehicle for the dissemination of the new marginalist economics. From 1891 it also included a special feature entitled 'cronaca', which critically chronicled practical developments in Italian public policy, public finances and the state of the economy. Vilfredo Pareto was the regular author of the chronicles between 1893 and 1897. This study provides the context necessary for an appreciation of the juxtaposition evident in Pareto's chronicles between his radical-liberal critique of leading Italian politicians and his relatively gentle commentary on some Italian leaders associated with the extreme left. It also identifies attributes from Pareto's chronicles that extended, albeit in a modified form, to his 1916 Trattato di Sociologia Generale. In both instances: the actual political world is characterised on a similar basis; criticism is undertaken on a brutal, sarcastic and often polemic manner; and the left-right political divide is treated as a relatively low-order issue

Context (archaeology · Criticism · Economics · Pareto principle · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Relation (database · Sociology · State (computer science · Computer Science · Economic Policies and Impacts · History · Italy: Economic History and Contemporary Issues · Law · Mathematics · Monetary Policy and Economic Impact

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