Summary: | <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: small;">The article, in memory of Ezio Tarantelli, discusses the relevance today of a number of his ideas and proposals on economic policy. Among these, the reduction of working time and the opportunity to create a European currency that would finance the European Social Fund with the aim to fight unemployment in Europe. These ideas are compared to the currently expansionary policies aimed at tackling the economic consequences of the financial crisis.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;">JEL: B31, E60, F33 </p>
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