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Was Vilfredo Pareto Really a ‘Precursor’ of Fascism.?

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  • Renato Cirillo

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. Vilfredo Pareto has been labelled a fascist and ‘a precursor of fascism’ largely because he welcomed the advent of fascism in Italy and was honored by the new regime. Some have seen in his sociological works the foundations of fascism. This is not correct. Even fascist writers did not find much merit in these works, and definitely condemned his economic theories. A s a political thinker he remained a radical libertarian till the end, and continued to express serious reservations about fascism, and to voice opposition to its basic policies. This is evident from his correspondence with his close friends. There are strong reasons to believe that, had he lived long enough, Pareto would have revolted against fascism.

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  • Renato Cirillo, 1983. "Was Vilfredo Pareto Really a ‘Precursor’ of Fascism.?," American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 42(2), pages 235-246, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:ajecsc:v:42:y:1983:i:2:p:235-246
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1536-7150.1983.tb01708.x
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    1. Emilio Ocampo, 2019. "The Economic Analysis of Populism. A Selective Review of the Literature," CEMA Working Papers: Serie Documentos de Trabajo. 694, Universidad del CEMA.
    2. Emilio Ocampo, 2020. "Sir Oswald Mosley’s contribution to the Interwar Policy Debate and Fascist Economics," CEMA Working Papers: Serie Documentos de Trabajo. 730, Universidad del CEMA.
    3. Emilio Ocampo, 2020. "The Populist Economic Policy Paradigm: Early Peronism as an Archetype," CEMA Working Papers: Serie Documentos de Trabajo. 731, Universidad del CEMA.

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