Alberto Mingardi is Director General of the Italian free-market think tank, Istituto Bruno Leoni, which he contributed to establish in 2004. He is Assistant Professor in History of Political Thought at IULM University in Milan and a Presidential Scholar in Political Theory at Chapman University (Orange CA). He is also an adjunct fellow at the Cato Institute (Washington DC). He holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Pavia. He translated and edited critical editions of Thomas Hodgskin (Crimine e potere, 2014), Vilfredo Pareto (L’ignoranza e il malgoverno. Lettere a Liberty, 2018) and Herbert Spencer (L’uomo contro lo Stato, 2016). He wrote a monograph on Herbert Spencer (2011) and one on Thomas Hodgskin (2016). He also translated into English Antonio Rosmini’s La Costituzione secondo la giustizia sociale (The Constitution under Social Justice, 2007). He is currently working on a book in English on Thomas Hodgskin. His latest book for the general public is "La verità, vi prego, sul neoliberismo" (O Tell Me the Truth About Neoliberalism), published in 2019 and shortlisted for Premio Estense, probably Italy’s premier non fiction literary award. He is a columnist for the Italian newspaper “La Stampa,” contributes frequently to publications such as “The Wall Street Journal” and “Politico,” and blogs at EconLog.

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