by Carlo M. Cipolla · MONDADORI ESPANA, S.A. · tapa dura · ISBN 9788439703051
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«Allegro ma non troppo» is a book of essays by Carlo M. Cipolla, published by Mondadori España in hardcover (100 pages, in Spanish).
The book brings together two satirical essays. The first, a parody of medieval economic history, attributes to spices an exaggerated role in European development through absurd cliometric formulas. The second sets out mathematical laws of human stupidity, with graphs included, and analyzes the social power of fools.
This edition belongs to the Mitos Bolsillo collection; the Spanish translation is by María Pons Irazazábal.
For readers who enjoy satirical essays, popular economics and intelligent humor.
Carlo Maria Cipolla was an Italian economic historian. He was a member of both the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society.
