Born
in Pieve Santo Stefano (Arezzo) in 1943. Professor
of Economic History at the University of Pisa.
From 1988 to 1991 he was President of the degree
course in Economics and Dean of the Faculty from
1996 to 2000. He has been chairman of the Piaggio
Foundation since March 1998, and member of the
Committee of Policy of the Cassa di Risparmio di
Lucca’s Foundation for the 2001-2005 four-year
period.
He is a member of the scientific committee of several
reviews and scientific institutions and author of
about 200 publications. He has studied the problems
related to the economic development in modern and
contemporary times, publishing many works on business
history, on shipbuilding history and on Europe and
Italy’s economy from the latter post-war period
to the present days.