Luigi Paganetto is an Italian economist; Professor Emeritus; President of the Tor Vergata Economics Foundation - FUET; Coordinator of the project “Group of 20 - How to Revitalize Anemic Europe”; Professor of European Economy at the Tor Vergata University, and at the Italian National Administration School; Vice Chairman at Cassa Depositi e Prestiti and Chairman of the Risk Committee for the Board of Directors; and Secretary General of the Villa Mondragone Economic Development Association. He is involved in various European and international working groups, and is the author of numerous articles and books in the fields of Macroeconomics, International Economics, Italian and European Industrial Economics, and Energy and the Environment.