ALBERTO MINGARDI is an Assistant Professor in History of Political Thought at IULM University of Milan. He is also the Director General of the Istituto Bruno Leoni, Milan and Turin, Italy, a free market think tank. He holds a PhD in Political Science from University of Pavia. He is an author and journalist and focuses on classic liberalism in economic thought. He is also an adjunct scholar with Cato Institute, Washington, D.C.