Epicarmo Corbino

Epicarmo Corbino (1890–1984) was an Italian academic and economist who served briefly as the minister of industry and the minister of treasury in the 1940s.

Epicarmo Corbino
Minister of Treasury
In office
December 1945 – September 1946
Prime MinisterAlcide De Gasperi
Minister of Industry
In office
1945–1945
Personal details
Born1890
Augusta, Sicily, Italy
Died1984 (aged 93–94)
Naples, Italy
NationalityItalian
Political partyItalian Liberal Party
Children
Academic background
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Naples

Biography

Corbino was born in Augusta, Sicily, in 1890.[1] He was the brother of Orso Mario Corbino, a politician served in the cabinets of Mussolini.[2]

Epicarmo Corbino was promoted to professorship at the University of Naples in 1923.[1] He was the minister of industry and commerce in the government of Salerno between 11 February and 17 April 1944.[1] He served as minister of the treasury in the first and second cabinets of Prime Minister Alcide De Gasperi from December 1945 to September 1946 when he resigned from the office.[1][3] He was member of the National Council and then, of the Constituent Assembly until 1953 for the Liberal party.[1]

Carbino left the Liberal Party before the general elections and co-founded and headed the National Democratic Alliance in the elections.[4] He collaborated with former Prime Minister Ferruccio Parri in the establishment of the party.[5] However, the party did not manage to win a seat at the parliament.[4]

Between 1959 and 1965 Corbino was the president of the Banco di Napoli.[1] He died in Naples in 1984.[1]

Views and work

Corbino described himself as an advocate of the approach developed by British economist Alfred Marshall.[3] Therefore, he was an ardent supporter of free enterprise.[3]

He was author of many books. Later he also published studies of environmental problems, being one of the pioners in this field in Italy.[6]

References
  1. "Corbino, Epicarmo" (in Italian). Treccani. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  2. "About Us". Fondazione Cariello Corbino. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  3. Alberto Mingardi (2020). "The Road Not Taken of "Nuovo liberalismo"". In John B. Taylor (ed.). From the Past to the Future: Ideas and Actions for a Free Society. Hoover Press. Archived from the original on 2 December 2021.
  4. MKG (August 1953). "The Italian General Election and Its Consequences". The World Today. 9 (8): 335. JSTOR 40392653.
  5. Clifford A. L. Rich (September 1953). "Political Trends in Italy". The Western Political Quarterly. 6 (3): 478. doi:10.2307/442365.
  6. Duccio Cavalieri (2010). "Epicarmo Corbino, XXth century liberal neoclassical economist". Il pensiero economico italiano (in Italian). 2 (20).
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