thebrilliantcontroversialistFrancescoFerrara,professoratTurinfrom1849
to1858(inwhoseschoolmostofthepresentItalianteachersofthesciencewere,directlyorindirectly,educated),apartisan
ofthelaisserfairedoctrineinitsmostextremeform,andanadvocateofthepeculiaropinionsofCareyandBastiatonthe
subjectofrent;and,lastly,theNeapolitanministerLudovicoBianchini(PrincipiidellaScienzadelBenVivereSociale,
1845and1855),whoisremarkableashavingfollowedinsomedegreeanhistoricaldirection,andassertedtheprincipleof