1973. Degree in Sociology, University of Trento. 1975, Master in Mathematical Methods for Economic Research, Scuola Superiore E. Mattei, Milan. 1977. B.A., M.A. in Economics, University of Cambridge. 1977-83. Reader in Economics, University of Trento. 1983-1987. Associate Professor, University of Trento. 1987-1990. Associate Professor, University of Florence. 1990-1993. Full Professor, University of Trieste. 1993-1996. Full Professor, University of Parma. 1996- Full Professor, University of Siena RESEARCH INTERESTS: Institutional Economics, Economic Dinamics, Economic Policy, History of Economic Thought , Economic Philosophy

• Marx dalla totalità alla moltitudine (1841-1843), Collana del Dipartimento di Economia Politica, Siena, 2011
• Freedom of Choice in the Production Sphere: The Capitalist and the Self-Managed Firm, "Review of Political Economy", 2011, Vol. 23, N. 2, pp. 267-79
• Globalization and the Great Crisis in "The Global Economic Crisis: New Persepectives on the Critique of Economic Theory and Policy", edited by E. Brancaccio and G. Fontana, London: Routledge, 2011
• A Quasi Natural Measure of Choice Freedom for Budget- and Time-Constrained Opportunity Sets, "Metroeconomica", 60, 2009, pp. 715-23
• Marx e il contratto di lavoro: Dall'astrazione naturale alla sussunzione formale, Quaderni del Dipartimento di Economia Politica n. 546 Ottobre 2008, Ripubblicato in rivista: "Koiné", 16, 131-68, Ripubblicato in volume da Editrice Petite Plaisance, Pistoia 2009
• Libertarian communism: Marx Engels and the Political Economy of Freedom, Palgrave Macmillan, London, 2007.
• "Taxation, Social Goods, and the Distribution of Freedom", Metroeconomica, 2006.
• "Value and Exploitation: A Counterfactual Approach", Review of Political Economy, n. 1, 2003