Three Continents

Albert O. Hirschman (7 April 1915–10 December 2012) was an economist and the author of several books on political economy and political ideology.Luca Meldolesi is Professor of Economic and Financial Policy at the University of Naples.

• Luca Meldolesi: Foreword – Luca Meldolesi: Introduction: "A Passion for the Possible" – Franco Ferraresi and Albert O. Hirschman: "Laura Honoris Causa in Political Science", Turin, Nov. 12th, 1987 – Disinflation, Discrimination, and the Dollar Shortage – Proposal for a European Monetary Authority – Approaches to Multilateralism and European Integration – Effects of Industrialization on the Markets of Industrial Countries – Invitation to Theorizing about the Dollar Glut – Exit and Voice in American Ideology and Practice – The Welfare State in Trouble: Systemic Crisis or Growing Pains? – Three Uses of Political Economy in Analyzing European Integration – [The Universal Suffrage] – The Turn to Authoritarianism in Latin America and the Search for Its Economic Determinants – What Does It All Add up to? – On Democracy in Latin America – The Political Economy of Latin American Development: Seven Exercises in Retrospection – Index of Names – Index of Subjects.