Marcello De Cecco

Professor of Financial and Monetary History at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa, he lectured at the European University Institute in Florence, the London School of Economics and the Ecole Nationale d’Administration in Paris. He was professional fellow at the Royal Institute of International Affairs in London and fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. He held the Amadeo Giannini Chair at the University of California in Berkeley and was visiting fellow at the Hong Kong office of the Bank for International Settlements. In the course of his career, he has worked with numerous research bodies. His current areas of interest are theoretical and historical problems of the origins and functioning of markets. His most recent publications include Le radici del futuro (with G. Toniolo), Giunti Editore (2005); Gli anni dell'incertezza, Laterza (2007).