Antonio De Viti De Marco (1858–1943) was an Italian

Italy

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 economist

Economist

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. He was professor of public finance in Rome

Rome

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 from 1887 until 1931, when he resigned rather than take an oath of loyalty to the Fascist

Italian Fascism

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 regime. He was a long time editor of the Giornale degli Economisti.

He has been described as "an unyielding defender of liberalism

Classical liberalism

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". His writings on public goods, taxation and public debt set the foundation for modern theories of public choice

Public choice theory

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