Maria Pia Paganelli, Assistant Professor of EconomicsMaria Pia Paganelli specializes in history of economic and monetary thought, in particular in 18th century money theories. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from George Mason University, and a M.A. in Political Science from Universita’ Cattolica del Sacro Cuore of Milan, Italy.
Some of her publications include: “Endogenous Money and David Hume” (Eastern Economic Journal, 2006), “Vanity and the Daedalian Wings of Paper Money in Adam Smith” (in New Voices on Adam Smith, Routledge, 2006), “Adam Smith: Why Decentralized Systems?” (The Adam Smith Review, 2006), “In Medio Stat Virtus: an Alternative View of Usury Law in Adam Smith’s Thinking” (History of Political Economy, 2003). She has also written with Andrew Farrant “Are Two Knaves Better Than One? Every Man a Knave: Hume, Buchanan, and Musgrave’s View on Economics and Government” (History of Political Economy, 2005), and with Ryan Hanley “Adam Smith on Money, Mercantilism and the System of Natural Liberty” (in Money and the Enlightenment, Voltaire Foundation, Forthcoming).
Dr. Paganelli is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Yeshiva University. She is also an Associate Adjunct Professor at New York University. She can be contacted at maria_paganelli@yahoo.com |