Vera NEGRI ZAMAGNI is Professor of Economic History at the University of Bologna and adjunct professor at SAIS Europe of the Johns Hopkins University. Her publications cover reconstruction of historical national income estimates, regional disequilibria, state intervention, business history, the cooperative movement, European integration, role of the family in society, with special reference to Italy. Among the latest: An Economic History of Europe since 1700 (Agenda Pub., 2017) The Italian Economy (Agenda Pub., 2018).