The Author: Adelino Zanini is a Professor in History of Economic Thought, Department of Economics, University of Ancona, Italy, and a member of the Scientific Board of the International Ph.D. program «European Tradition of Economic Thought». He is the author of several books on the relationship between economic science and political philosophy.

• Contents: Adam Smith: the government of the passions: A Theory of Passions: Hobbes, Hume, Smith - Imagination and Moral - Benevolence, Prudence, Justice – Karl Marx: surplus value and difference: Marx’s Kritik as Scientific Program - Labour as Subjectivity - Surplus Value and Difference: an ontological approach – Joseph A. Schumpeter: the logos of the economic theory: Theoretical Economic and Economic Theory - Schumpeter and the Modern Democracy - Economic Science and Ideology – John M. Keynes: uncertainty and normation: Epistemic Probability and Political Choice - The Crisis of the Liberal State of Right - Effective Demand and Political Supply.