Background
Fanfani was born in Pieve Santo Stefano, in the province of Arezzo, Tuscany. He graduated in economics and business in 1932 at the Università Cattolica in Milan.
Fanfani was born in Pieve Santo Stefano, in the province of Arezzo, Tuscany. He graduated in economics and business in 1932 at the Università Cattolica in Milan.
His activist and sometimes authoritarian style, as well as his reputation as an economic reformer, ensured that the moderates within the DC, who opposed the state’s intrusion into the country’s economic life, regarded him with distrust. His indefatigable energy and his passion for efficiency carried him far in politics, but he was rarely able to exploit fully the opportunities that he created
He was the author of a number of important works on economic history dealing with religion and the development of capitalism in the Renaissance and Reformation in Europe.
He joined the Italian fascist party supporting the corporatist ideas of the regime promoting collaboration between the classes, which he defended in many articles.