Massimo Asta

🚩Can STATISTICS Be Manipulated to Achieve AUSTERITY? On an old controversy on the relationship b/w Italian Fascism and Cost of Living Statistics. Here, I look into the social construction of knowledge and the role of statisticians and economists committed to Austerity. 👇👇👇

@MathieuFulla @LettresSorbonne @LaurentWARL Toutes mes félicitations Mathieu!

Heureux d'annoncer la soutenance de mon Hdr le 3 décembre à 9h à @LettresSorbonne. Tous mes remerciements à mon garant @LaurentWARL pour son soutien tout au long de l'élaboration du dossier qui réfléchit au rapport des socialismes ouest-européens à l'international et à l'Etat.

Many thanks Sarah for your good review of our book!

I am delighted to see my article about Mitterrand's #tournantdelarigueur - "this #neoliberal turn that never was" - published in the latest issue of @ContEuroHistory. Cherry on the cake: it is in #OpenAccess . urlz.fr/qBcv.

@economicthought @ricardonoronha8

Article: François Perroux on plans coordination and planning, by Katia Caldari, buff.ly/3QnwR1X

The History of Economic Thought Society annual conference 4-6 Sept - abstract proposals by 30 Apr - pls share @alexmthomas @AstaMassimo @Goulven_Rubin @_kevinroesch @F_Allisson @EdithKuiper @QuentinCouix thets.org.uk/2024-annual-co…

If you are fellow of @ihc_fcsh you can discuss a paper at Ec & Soc Hist group seminar with brilliant colleagues as Ricardo Noronha and Elisa Lopes da Silva, and the same day attend this beautiful exhibition on the posters of the Portuguese revolution. 👇 bnportugal.gov.pt

The History of Economic Thought Society annual conference 4-6 Sept - abstract proposals by 30 Apr - pls share @alexmthomas @AstaMassimo @Goulven_Rubin @_kevinroesch @F_Allisson @EdithKuiper @QuentinCouix thets.org.uk/2024-annual-co…

an extract on Corrado Gini's involvement, and the impact of the First World War on the first studies of chemical and physiological statistics on food balance per country.

🚩Can STATISTICS Be Manipulated to Achieve AUSTERITY? On an old controversy on the relationship b/w Italian Fascism and Cost of Living Statistics. Here, I look into the social construction of knowledge and the role of statisticians and economists committed to Austerity. 👇👇👇

@IsabellaMWeber Their role makes evident the distributional dimension of of the early-20th century inflation and the potential different ways to deal with it.

This early 20th century debate has more than one connection with the todays' one on @IsabellaMWeber sellers-inflation and labour-capital relations. The chapter shows the agency of experts and social movements in shaping government's priorities and statistical figures.

@EconCharlesRead @pipitone87

This week in 1937, Italian Fascists turned Addis Ababa into a circle of hell, massacring 20,000 Ethiopians in just three days. It has few comparisons even in the sordid history of European colonialism. jacobin.com/2024/02/addis-…

@DrFernandaGallo Congrats Fernanda!

Utterly appalling

A great opportunity for @CamHistory PhDs and ECRs - DM me if you have any questions about format or elegibility!

In other news….

Uno dei bambini morti a #Gaza ieri

I've just invoked Art.99 of the UN Charter - for the 1st time in my tenure as Secretary-General. Facing a severe risk of collapse of the humanitarian system in Gaza, I urge the Council to help avert a humanitarian catastrophe & appeal for a humanitarian ceasefire to be declared.