


He consequently long declined any proposal to have it translated. The author believed that his short essay could only be fully appreciated in the language in which it had been written. Macro Analysis and the Fifth Basic Law Appendix 59 67 Publisher's Note Originally written in English, The Basic Lauts of Human Stupidity *'as published for the first time in 1,976 in a numbered and private edition bearing the unlikelv imprint of uMad Millersu. 7 9 15 The First Basic Law 1.9 The Second Basic Law 23 A Technical Interlude 29 The Third (and Golden) Basic Law J) Frequency Distribution 17 Stupidity and Power 47 The Power of Stupiditv 51 VIII. For further infonnatiorr edizioni / fotocopie see I. in anv form or by anv rneans" withorrt the prior permission in w-riting Copvright of Societi editrice il Nlulino. No part of this publication mav be reproduced. Cipolla The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity il Mulino Index Publisher's Note The Mad Millers to the Reader Introduction rsBN 978-88-15-23381-3 O 2011 bv Societi editrice il Mulino" Bologna.
