Sergio Ricossa (6 June 1927 – 2 March 2016) was an Italian economist. Born in

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, in 1949 Ricossa graduated in Economics at the

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. In 1961 he was nominated associate professor of economic policy and financial discipline in the same university, becoming ordinary professor in 1963. A proponent of an

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without compromises, Ricossa's studies mainly focused on the theory of value. He collaborated with several magazines and with the newspapers ''

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'' and ''

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'', where his provocative articles often raised criticism and polemics. Ricossa was a Vice President of the

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, a member of the

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, and the honorary president of the

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