Paolo Sylos Labini

Paolo Sylos Labini
Photograph of Labini
Born(1920-10-30)30 October 1920
Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Died7 December 2005(2005-12-07) (aged 85)
Academic background
Alma materSapienza
InfluencesJoseph Schumpeter, Adam Smith
Academic work
DisciplineEconomics
Notable ideasOligopoly

Paolo Sylos Labini (30 October 1920 – 7 December 2005) was an Italian economist and political advisor in post-World War II Italy. He was a professor at the Sapienza University of Rome and member of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. His theoretical contributions covered oligopoly, the relation between innovation and market structure, inflation, and socioeconomic evolution. His work often contained a strong historical dimension, in common with Classical economics.