NEW ONLINE SERIES 2015, N. 2 Quaderni di Biblioteca della libertà STEFANO PALERMO FIFTY YEARS IN THE HISTORY OF ITALIANCONTEMPORARY ECONOMY ECONOMICS AND CULTURE AND . THE CTHEENTRO ETHICAL EINAUDI IMPERATIVE IN T URIN (1963-2013) This “Quaderno” has been prepared on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Centro Einaudi, founded in Turin by Fulvio Guerrini, who has been its General Secretary until his death, in 1979. The “Quaderno” is published online, in both Italian and English. Quaderni di Biblioteca della libertà New online series edited by Maurizio Ferrera and Beatrice Magni Managing director: Salvatore Carrubba Cover and editing: Concetta Fiorenti Centro di Ricerca e Documentazione Luigi Einaudi Via Ponza 4 • 10121 Torino •
[email protected] www.centroeinaudi.it Copyright © 2015 by Centro di Ricerca e Documentazione Luigi Einaudi, Torino July 2015 QuaderniQuaderni di di«Biblioteca Biblioteca della della libertà» libertà NuovaNew onlineserie online, series, 2014,2015, n.n. 21 ISBN 978-88-94960-10-5 [ www.centroeinaudi.it] CONTENTS Fifty Years in the History of Italian Economy and Culture. The Centro Einaudi in Turin (1963-2013) 5 1. The modernity of a research 7 2. The main tools useful in building up a reasoned chronology: structure and archive and bibliographical sources 21 3. The Centro Einaudi as an important observation point of Italian history 23 References 34 FIFTY YEARS IN THE HISTORY OF ITALIAN ECONOMY AND CULTURE. THE CENTRO EINAUDI IN TURIN (1963-2013) The history of the Centro di Ricerca e Documentazione Luigi Einaudi in Turin, Italy, established there in 1963 by Fulvio Guerrini and featuring the contributions of a signifi- cant group of young scholars and intellectuals, has been able to get through, and inter- act with, the most important events in the history of the Italian Republic.