O argonauta Domenico Mario Nuti (Arezzo, 1937) é professor catedrático de Economia Política na Universidade de Roma  “La Sapienza”, licenciou-se em Direito pela Universidade de Roma. Desempenhou  os cargos de  Conselheiro económico da Comissão Europeia e de consultor do Banco Mundial.É autor de uma vasta obra que, na sua maior parte, se ocupa os sistemas económicos comparados, particularmente sobre a participação dos trabalhadores na Economia. Entre essas edições, salientamos: Privatisation of socialist economies: general issues and the Polish case, OECD, Paris, 1991; Stabilisation and reform sequencing in the reform of socialist economies, EDI-World Bank, 1991; Sequencing and credibility in economic reform; in A.B. Atkinson and R. Brunetta (Eds.), Economics for the New Europe, MacMillan, 1991; Lessons from stabilisation and reform in central and eastern Europe, Economic Papers n. 92, CEC-DGII, Bruxelas, 1992; The role of the banking sector in the process of privatisation, Economic Papers n. 98, CEC-DGII, Bruxelas, 1992; (com Richard Portes), Central Europe: the way forward, Bruxelas e Londres,1993; Economic inertia in the transitional economies of central eastern Europe, in: M. Uvalic et al. (Eds), Impediments to the Transition in Eastern Europe, EUI-EPU, Florença 1993; The impact of systemic transition on the European Community, in S. Martin (Ed.), The Construction of Europe, Dortrecht, 1994; Mass privatisation: costs and benefits of instant capitalism, in R. Daviddi (Ed.) Property rights and privatization, EIPA, Maastricht 1995; Inflation, interest and exchange rates Community response to the Transition: Aid, Trade Access, Enlargement, The Economics of Transition, vol. 4(2), 1996; com G. W. Kolodko, The Polish Alternative, UN-WIDER Research in Action n. 33, Helsinquia, 1997. Making sense of the Third Way, Business Strategy Review, Vol. 10, n.3, Autumn 1999. The Polish Zloty, 1990-99: Success and Under-Performance, American Economic Review, May 2000, Papers and Proceedings.