Edited by Emanuele Citera,ÊAssistant Professor of Economics, Division of Social Studies, Bard College, USA, Lino Sau,ÊAssociate Professor of Political Economy, Department of Economics and Statistics ÒCognetti de MartiisÓ, University of Turin and Domenica Tropeano, Associate Professor of Political Economy, Department of Economics and Law, University of Macerata, Italy