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Giuseppe Mastromatteo

Giuseppe Mastromatteo is Research Scholar at the Institute for Sustainable Prosperity, Professor at the Faculty of Economics at Cattolica University in Milan, and Professor at the Theological Faculty of Lugano. He has previously taught at the University of Genoa, University of Rome 3, University of Turin, the Pontifical Lateran University, and the Pontifical Gregorian University. Professor Mastromatteo’s research areas include monetary economics, public economics, labor markets, and globalization. He is also a member of the Scientific Committee of EconomEtica, the Interuniversity Centre “Crescita e Sviluppo Economico”(CICSE) based at the Department of Economics of the University of Pisa, “Expolab” at the University Cattolica, and the Inter-University Center for Ethics and Social Responsibility of the enterprise, and the “Study Center” held by the Italian Federation of the Consultory Families of Christian inspiration. In addition, Professor Mastromatteo is currently involved in the analysis of short-run monetary trends and cooperates with Osservatorio Monetario, a quarterly journal edited by the Cattolica University and ASSBB [Association for The Studies of Banks and Equities Markets]. As such, he is a member of LAM [Laboratory of Monetary Analysis] as well as ECRIRE [Economic Crises and Regulation Laboratory Analysis] held by the same University, in association with ASSBB-LAM. Professor Mastromatteo is also a member of a number of Supervisory Boards of Pension Funds managed by the Intesa Sanpaolo group.

Research Scholar and Professor at the Faculty of Economics at Cattolica University in Milan, Italy

Publications

Rethinking Economic Policy in the Age of Financialization: Why the Barro-Ricardo Theory Cannot Make Sense

“The 2008 crisis brought forth a rethinking of the role of economic policies. We would like to analyze a specific point of this debate: the effect of financialization on fiscal policy. In doing so, we find it useful to analyze the debate on the Barro-Ricardo equivalence (BRE)..."

An Employer of Last Resort Program for Italy: It’s cheaper than you think

“Public money used to contain the crisis in 2009 amounted to about $23 trillion already. To save US and EU banks alone, their governments used $14 trillion, which could have funded 20 years worth of ELR programs in these economies."
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