Epicarmo Corbino

Epicarmo Corbino (18 July 1890 – 25 April 1984) was an Italian academic and economist who served briefly as the minister of industry and the minister of treasury in the 1940s. He was among the most influential Italian economists.

Biography Corbino was born in Augusta, Sicily, in 1890. He was the brother of Orso Mario Corbino, a politician served in the cabinets of Mussolini.

Epicarmo Corbino was promoted to professorship at the University of Naples in 1923. He collaborated with former Prime Minister Ferruccio Parri in the establishment of the party. However, the party did not manage to win a seat at the parliament. He described himself as an advocate of the approach developed by British economist Alfred Marshall. Therefore, he was an ardent supporter of free enterprise.