Luigi Einaudi (1874–1961) was a leading liberal economist, journalist, economic historian, one of the major representatives of the Italian tradition in public finance and political figure: Governor of the Bank of Italy, Minister for the Budget and President of the Italian Republic.Paolo Silvestri is Research Fellow in Economics at the Department of Economics and Statistics "Cognetti de Martiis", University of Turin. He is also Habilitated Associate Professor both in Philosophy of Law and Political Philosophy.

"In these doom times, when economics and politics are again closely and dangerously interconnected, re-reading Einaudi through the lens of Paolo Silvestri is definitely an enlightening and charming intellectual challenge."Fabio Masini, University of Roma Tre

• Editorial forewordPrefaceThe defence of economic science and the issue of value judgmentsLuigi Einaudi, On Abstract and Historical Hypotheses and on Value Judgments in Economic SciencesI. Abstract hypotheses and historical hypothesesII. On some abstract hypotheses concerning the state and on their historical valueIII. On value judgements in economic sciencesBibliographical noteFreedom and taxation between good and bad polity, and the economist-whole-man

Luigi Einaudi (1874–1961) was a leading liberal economist, journalist, economic historian, one of the major representatives of the Italian tradition in public finance and political figure: Governor of the Bank of Italy, Minister for the Budget and President of the Italian Republic.Paolo Silvestri is Research Fellow in Economics at the Department of Economics and Statistics "Cognetti de Martiis", University of Turin. He is also Habilitated Associate Professor both in Philosophy of Law and Political Philosophy.

"In these doom times, when economics and politics are again closely and dangerously interconnected, re-reading Einaudi through the lens of Paolo Silvestri is definitely an enlightening and charming intellectual challenge."Fabio Masini, University of Roma Tre

• Editorial forewordPrefaceThe defence of economic science and the issue of value judgmentsLuigi Einaudi, On Abstract and Historical Hypotheses and on Value Judgments in Economic SciencesI. Abstract hypotheses and historical hypothesesII. On some abstract hypotheses concerning the state and on their historical valueIII. On value judgements in economic sciencesBibliographical noteFreedom and taxation between good and bad polity, and the economist-whole-man

Luigi Einaudi (1874–1961) was a leading liberal economist, journalist, economic historian, one of the major representatives of the Italian tradition in public finance and political figure: Governor of the Bank of Italy, Minister for the Budget and President of the Italian Republic.Paolo Silvestri is Research Fellow in Economics at the Department of Economics and Statistics "Cognetti de Martiis", University of Turin. He is also Habilitated Associate Professor both in Philosophy of Law and Political Philosophy.

"In these doom times, when economics and politics are again closely and dangerously interconnected, re-reading Einaudi through the lens of Paolo Silvestri is definitely an enlightening and charming intellectual challenge."Fabio Masini, University of Roma Tre

• Editorial forewordPrefaceThe defence of economic science and the issue of value judgmentsLuigi Einaudi, On Abstract and Historical Hypotheses and on Value Judgments in Economic SciencesI. Abstract hypotheses and historical hypothesesII. On some abstract hypotheses concerning the state and on their historical valueIII. On value judgements in economic sciencesBibliographical noteFreedom and taxation between good and bad polity, and the economist-whole-man