Ricerc@Sapienza

This article provides a critical review of the foundations of the new Keynesian apparatus, to evaluate the actual strength of the Keynesian inheritance. As a reference of the Keynesian vision, Fausto Vicarelli’s recognition of the Keynesian message is adopted. The critical recognition of the new Keynesian methodology focuses on its analytical foundations, the recent extensions and on the criticality of its empirical performances and controls.

The equilibrium between human settlements and natural areas is one of the most relevant issue involving contemporary cities and their surrounding territories, including a variety of aspects. It deals with the issues related to climate change, migration, desertification, natural hazards, natural resources, food security. More generally it deals with the increasingly
unstable balance between urbanization and human survival on the one hand, and the need to re-define models of equilibrium between preceding and new urban conditions in a fast-changing society on the other.