Pietro Verri | |
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![]() Verri c. 1740 | |
Born | |
Died | 28 June 1797 Milan, Transpadane Republic | (aged 68)
Nationality | Italian |
Spouse(s) | Marietta Castiglioni, Vincenza Melzi d'Eril |
Children | Teresa, Alessandro (from Marietta Castiglioni) |
Parent(s) | Gabriele Verri, Barbara |
Academic background | |
Influences | |
Academic work | |
Era | 18th century |
Discipline | Political economy |
School or tradition | Classical liberalism Italian enlightenment |
Notable works | Meditazioni sull'economia politica ("Reflection's on Political Economy", 1771) |
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 Lombard reformist Enlightenment and the most important pre-Smithian authority on cheapness and plenty.