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Clara E. Mattei is an Associate Professor in the Economics Department at The New School for Social Research, part of The New School in New York City. Her research pioneers the history of capitalism, critically examining how economic ideas shape technocratic policy-making—particularly through austerity measures that enabled fascist regimes. Her acclaimed 2022 book, The Capital Order: How Economists Invented Austerity and Paved the Way to Fascism, earned the American Historical Association's 2023 Herbert Adams Baxter Prize and was named a Financial Times top-10 economics book of the year.
Her academic foundation spans philosophy and economics: a joint PhD from Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies (Italy) and Université de Strasbourg (France), complemented by an MA in Philosophy from the University of Pavia and a BA from the University of Cambridge.
Mattei's research intersects economic history, political theory, and policy analysis, with core emphases on post-WWI monetary/fiscal policies, the evolution of economic thought, and austerity's sociopolitical consequences. She uniquely bridges historical scholarship and contemporary discourse through contributions to The Guardian, Jacobin, and Italy's Il Fatto Quotidiano.
Her publications reveal a sustained investigation into austerity's global legacy—from British Treasury policies after World War I to technocratic implementations under Italian fascism. This trajectory culminated in her internationally translated 2022 monograph, now expanding into a new project reevaluating Keynesianism during the 'Golden Age of Capitalism' (1945-1975).
Major recognitions include:
- 2023 Herbert Adams Baxter Prize (American Historical Association)
- Young Scholar Award (History of Economics Society, 2015)
- Young Scholar Award (European Society for the History of Economic Thought, 2015)
As an educator, Mattei mentors graduate researchers through dissertation supervision (GECO 7991) and mentored projects (GECO 6993), while guiding undergraduates via senior projects (LECO 4990). Her Spring 2025 teaching portfolio reflects deep engagement with independent research across degree levels, though specific grant-funded initiatives remain undocumented in public profiles.
