Pietro Custodi (29 November 1771 – 15 May 1842) was an Italian economist and journalist.

Biography

Born in

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, near

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, Custodi was by profession a

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, but soon entered into

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and directed the

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''L'Amico della libertà italiana''. He was arrested by

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but freed after the establishment of the

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and appointed secretary-general of the finance department in

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. Later he was made a

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and became a state councilor. He died in

Galbiate Galbiate ( Brianzöö: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Lecco in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about south of Lecco. Galbiate borders the following municipalities: Annone di Brianza, Civa ...

, near Milan, in 1842. Custodi continued

Pietro Verri Count Pietro Verri (12 December 1728 – 28 June 1797) was an Italian economist, historian, philosopher and writer. Among the most important personalities of the 18th-century Italian culture, he is considered among the fathers of the Lombardy, L ...

's ''History of Milan'' and edited the unpublished works of Baretti; as an economist he is widely known as the editor of a collection of the principal Italian economists in fifty volumes.

Works

His greatest contribution to economics was the compilation of 50 volumes of Italian essays and articles on

political economy Political or comparative economy is a branch of political science and economics studying economic systems (e.g. Marketplace, markets and national economies) and their governance by political systems (e.g. law, institutions, and government). Wi ...

, ''Scrittori classici italiani di economia politica'' (1803-16). Many of these papers, written from the earliest times to the beginning of the 19th century, had not been published before. In 1824 Custodi founded, together with Gioia and

Romagnosi Gian Domenico Romagnosi (; 11 December 1761 – 8 June 1835) was an Italian philosopher, economist and jurist. Biography Gian Domenico Romagnosi was born in Salsomaggiore Terme. He studied law at the University of Parma from 1782 to 1786. In ...

, the ''Annali Universali di Statistica'', one of the first Italian economic reviews.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Custodi, Pietro Italian economists Italian male journalists University of Pavia alumni 1771 births 1842 deaths