Alessandro Roncaglia is Emeritus professor of Economics, Sapienza University of Rome, and member of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei (since 2018 in its Presidency Council); has been President of the Italian Economists Society. His book The wealth of ideas (2005) received the Blanqui Prize. He also won the Guggenheim prize in the History of Economic Thought for 2019.
'Finally! - A book on the economy that makes power the centrepiece of the analysis, recognizing its multiple faces, its relationship to accumulation and distribution, its uses and abuses in policy making and in the quotidian functioning of economies at all levels. This will change how you look at the economy - so it is essential reading for everyone, especially economics teachers and students.' Jayati Ghosh, Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 'Economist, historian and political scientist, Alessandro Roncaglia here presents a panorama of power. To paint it, he reaches deep into the history of philosophy and economic thought and of Italian politics and social movements, and presents, in the end, a clear critique of neoliberalism and coherent criteria for progressive reforms.' James K. Galbraith, Professor of Government and Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr. Chair in Government/Business Relations, The University of Texas at Austin