Luigi Zingales

Luigi Zingales
Born (1963-02-08) 8 February 1963
Academic background
EducationBocconi University (MA)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD)
Doctoral advisorJames M. Poterba
Oliver Hart
Academic work
DisciplineBusiness economics
InstitutionsUniversity of Chicago, U.S.
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Luigi Zingales (Italian pronunciation: [luˈiːdʒi ddziŋˈɡaːles]; born 8 February 1963) is an Italian academic who is a finance professor at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. His book Saving Capitalism from the Capitalists (2003) is a study of "relationship capitalism". In A Capitalism for the People: Recapturing the Lost Genius of American Prosperity (2012), Zingales "suggests that channeling populist anger can reinvigorate the power of competition and reverse the movement toward a 'crony system'."