Epicarmo Corbino (1890–1984) was an Italian academic and economist who served briefly as the

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and the minister of treasury in the 1940s.

Biography

Corbino was born in Augusta, Sicily, in 1890. He was the brother of

Orso Mario Corbino Orso Mario Corbino (30 April 1876, Augusta – 23 January 1937, Rome) was an Italian physicist and politician. His younger brother was Epicarmo Corbino. He served as the minister for education in 1921 and as the minister for economy in 1921. H ...

, a politician served in the cabinets of Mussolini. Epicarmo Corbino was promoted to professorship at the

University of Naples The University of Naples Federico II ( it, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II) is a public university in Naples, Italy. Founded in 1224, it is the oldest public non-sectarian university in the world, and is now organized into 26 depar ...

in 1923. He was the minister of industry and commerce in the government of Salerno between 11 February and 17 April 1944. He served as minister of the treasury in the

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and second cabinets of

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from December 1945 to September 1946 when he resigned from the office. Corbino was member of the National Council and then, of the

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until 1953 for the

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. Carbino left the Liberal Party before the

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in 1953 and co-founded and headed the

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in the elections. He collaborated with former Prime Minister

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in the establishment of the party. However, the party did not manage to win a seat at the parliament. Between 1959 and 1965 Corbino was the president of the

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. He died in

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in 1984.

Views and work

As an economist Corbino belonged to the classical school of economics in addition to Marcello Soleri,

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and Gustavo Del Vecchio. He described himself as an advocate of the approach developed by British economist Alfred Marshall. Therefore, he was an ardent supporter of

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. He was author of many books. Later he also published studies of environmental problems, being one of the pioneers in this field in Italy.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Corbino, Epicarmo 20th-century Italian economists 1890 births 1984 deaths Government ministers of Italy Italian Liberal Party politicians People from Syracuse, Sicily University of Naples Federico II faculty Deputies of Legislature I of Italy Members of the National Council (Italy) Italian bankers Italian political party founders