Alberto Mingardi

is director general of the Italian free-market think tank, Istituto Bruno Leoni. He has a PhD in Political Science and he is assistant professor of the History of Political Thought at IULM University in Milan and a presidential scholar in Political Theory at Chapman University. He translated and edited critical editions of Thomas Hodgskin, Vilfredo Pareto, Antonio Rosmini, and Herbert Spencer. He is also an adjunct fellow at the Cato Institute and blogs at EconLog. He writes regularly for La Stampa and Il Sole 24 Ore in Italy. His articles have appeared in many international newspapers, including The Wall Street Journal, Politico, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, The New Criterion, National Review, and Quadrant. He wrote L’intelligenza del denaro.