"Promises, Performance, and Prospects gathers the key writings of Antonio Martino, Italian statesman and professor of political economics. Informed by a strong tradition of classical liberal thought, these essays explore such current issues of political economy as fiscal responsibility, the threat of statism to individual liberty, and the flight of overtaxed citizens to the underground economy. While Martino's writings are motivated by circumstances in Italy, "his analysis is germane to problems that, to one degree or another, face all advanced democratic societies," according to Dwight Lee, author of the foreword and editor of this volume."--Jacket.