Augusto Schianchi (M.Phil, Oxon) was a full professor of political economy at the University of Parma, Italy. He has been the author of various monographs in applied game theory and political economy (critical explorations in the theory of the current democracy, between populism and new rights) and has contributed original papers in portfolio theory (with spin glasses applications) and Hicksian modelling of capital and time.
Andrea Mantovi (PhD in Physics) was teaching economic courses and has been speaker at several international conferences. He has published research articles in leading journals such as the
Journal of Economics and Structural Change and Economic Dynamics. Among his major research interests are the mathematical foundations of microeconomics, the explicit solutions of general equilibrium pure exchange, and the frontiers of monetary economics.