Stefano Zamagni is an Italian economist and is past president of the Agency for the Third Sector. He is Professor of Political Economy at the University of Bologna and at Johns Hopkins University, Bologna Center, and chairs the Steering Committee of the Higher School of Health Policies at the University of Bologna. He is a member of the Academy of Sciences of Bologna, of the Lombard Institute of Sciences and Humanities in Milan, and of the New York Academy of Sciences. In 2010 he received an honorary degree in Economics from the F. de Vitoria University of Madrid. Also in 2010 he was awarded the ‘Giorgio La Pira Prize for Peace.’ Among his many books are: Microeconomia (with Flavio Delbono, 1999); Economia civile (with Luigino Bruni, 2004); La cooperazione (with Vera Zamagni, 2008); Avarizia. La passione dell’avere (2009), all published by il Mulino; Economia ed Etica (with Nicola Curci), published by La Scuola in 2009; Famiglia e lavoro (with Vera Zamagni), published by San Paolo in 2012.