Federico Caffè
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Federico Caffè (Pescara, January 6, 1914 — Rome, April 15, 1987?) was a renowned Italian economist.
A 1936 business sciences graduate at the University of Rome La Sapienza, Federico Caffè started his career working at the Bank of Italy, successively becoming a teacher at the University of Messina. From 1959 he taught Economical and Financial Politics at the University of Rome La Sapienza, forming several generations of economists in the main university in Italy.
Caffè was particularly interested in Economic policy and Welfare, especially in their social issues. One of his books, Lezioni di politica economica (Lessons in Economic Policy), is widely regarded as the complete works of his ideas. He was a strong critic of free trade, and was declaredly inspired by Keynesian economics, also dedicating a lot of interest to the Scandinavian welfare experiences.
In April 15, 1987, Caffè suddendly disappeared, shortly after having abandoned the university teaching. He was "declared dead" on October 30, 1998.
The Faculty of Economics of the Third University of Rome is entitled after him, as well as the Roskilde University Centre for Southern European Studies.
