Alberto Bagnai

The Profile

Alberto Bagnai is an Italian economist and author known for eurosceptic analyses, notably the 2012 book Il tramonto dell’euro. He has been a university professor and later served as a senator in Italy.

Italian economist and author; known for the blog Goofynomics and the book Il tramonto dell’euro (2012). Professor at the Università G. d’Annunzio di Chieti‑Pescara; served as an Italian senator.

Reviews focus on Bagnai’s eurosceptic thesis in Il tramonto dell’euro, claiming events followed his predictions. The essay rebuts common Eurozone narratives using IMF literature and data, revisits Italy’s 1981 Treasury–Bank divorce and the 1992 crisis, and outlines exit strategies from the euro. One review notes the book won the Canova Award 2013 for economic and financial literature.