Discover new books on Goodreads

See if your friends have read any of Carlo M. Cipolla's books

Carlo M. Cipolla’s Followers (162)

Carlo M. Cipolla

Born

in Pavia, Italy

August 15, 1922

Died

September 05, 2000

Genre

Economic History

edit data

Carlo M. Cipolla (August 15, 1922 – September 5, 2000) was an Italian economic historian. He was born in Pavia, where he got his academic degree in 1944.
As a young man, Cipolla wanted to teach history and philosophy in an Italian high school, and therefore enrolled at the political science faculty at Pavia University. Whilst a student there, thanks to professor Franco Borlandi, a specialist in Medieval economic history, he discovered his passion for economic history. Subsequently he studied at the Sorbonne and the London School of Economics.

Cipolla obtained his first teaching post in economic history in Catania at the age of 27. This was to be the first stop in a long academic career in Italy (Venice, Turin, Pavia, Scuola Normale Superiore ...more

Combine Editions
Carlo M. Cipolla’s books

Average rating: 3.85 · 14,436 ratings · 1,714 reviews · 75 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity by Carlo M. Cipolla, Nassim Nicholas Taleb (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 3.85 avg rating — 12,441 ratings — published 1976 — 88 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Before the Industrial Revolution: European Society and Economy, 1000-1700 4.29 avg rating — 279 ratings — published 1974 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Guns, Sails, and Empires: Technological Innovation and the Early Phases of European Expansion, 1400- 1700 3.90 avg rating — 237 ratings — published 1965 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tre storie extravaganti 3.80 avg rating — 231 ratings — published 1994 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Clocks and Culture: 1300-1700 (Norton Library) 3.82 avg rating — 174 ratings — published 1967 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Faith, Reason, and the Plague in Seventeenth Century Tuscany 3.77 avg rating — 130 ratings — published 1977 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Economic history of world population 3.77 avg rating — 116 ratings — published 1962 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Il pestifero e contagioso morbo. Combattere la peste nell'Italia del Seicento 3.57 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 1981 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pepper, Wine (and Wool): As the Dynamic Factors of the Social and Economic Development of the Middle Ages 3.93 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 1973 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Storia facile dell'economia italiana dal Medioevo a oggi 3.80 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 1995 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

More books by Carlo M. Cipolla…

Series by Carlo M. Cipolla

The Fontana Economic History of Europe (8 books)
by

Carlo M. Cipolla (Editor)

3.49 avg rating — 63 ratings

Quotes by Carlo M. Cipolla (?)

“A stupid person is a person who causes losses to another person or to a group of persons while himself deriving no gain and even possibly incurring losses.”
― Carlo M. Cipolla

tags: stupidity

22 likes

“Non-stupid people always underestimate the damaging power of stupid individuals. In particular, non-stupid people constantly forget that at all times and places and under any circumstances to deal and/or associate with stupid people always turns out to be a costly mistake.”
― Carlo M. Cipolla

tags: human-stupidity

18 likes

“Always and inevitably, everyone underestimates the number of stupid individuals in circulation.”
― Carlo M. Cipolla

tags: human-stupidity

12 likes

See all Carlo M. Cipolla's quotes »

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics	posts	views	last activity
Goodreads Italia: Il Pozzo di Natale 2015 (Pozzo chiuso!)	586	369	Jan 23, 2016 07:48AM
The History Book ...: MEDIEVAL DEMOGRAPHY, ECONOMIES AND SOCIETIES	55	192	Jan 30, 2019 08:48AM
Goodreads România: Nominalizări pentru Cartea Lunii iunie 2020	24	154	May 31, 2020 12:59PM
Non Fiction Book ...: 2025 NFBC Team Challenge: Team Krakatoa	125	85	Dec 31, 2025 11:38AM
Oldtimer - Klasik...: * A'dan Z'ye Yazarlar 2026	37	45	Jun 24, 2026 02:59PM
Oldtimer - Klasik...: * A'dan Z'ye Ülkeler 2026	33	60	Jul 01, 2026 03:30AM

More…

Carlo M. Cipolla’s Followers (162)

Carlo M. Cipolla

Combine EditionsCarlo M. Cipolla’s books

Series by Carlo M. Cipolla

Topics Mentioning This Author

Combine Editions
Carlo M. Cipolla’s books