Francesco Ferrara (1810–1900) was an Italian economist, and political scientist. He helped introduce the

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theories of

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, and

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into Italian scholarship. However, Ferrara was an early opponent of the Labour Theory of Value of Adam Smith, David Ricardo and James and J.S. Mill.

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* 1810 births 1900 deaths 19th-century Italian people Finance ministers of Italy Italian economists Writers from Palermo Burials at San Domenico, Palermo {{Italy-economist-stub