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Corruption and the Economy: From the Ill Winds, Some Good

Judith Harris

As the daily outpouring showing the extent of corruption shows, “It’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good.” In the case of Italy, that ill wind is the troubled economy....

The Economics of Sleaze

Minister Maurizio Lupi bent to pressure and resigned. But in the cafés over cappuccino and corneto people here have been asking what this latest corruption scandal means. How did...

Battling Corruption and its Costs

Judith Harris

Forty-one years ago Indro Montanelli, that late lamented grand guru of Italian journalism, opined sardonically that what Italy needed was a “Ministry of Scandals” to regulate...

Gramsci Comes to The Bronx: Too Little and Too Late

Jerry Krase

Whereas Jesus Christ stopped at Eboli on his way elsewhere and has yet to make a confirmed appearance anywhere in the bailiwick of Cardinal Timothy Dolan, I am happy to report...

Food for Thought: Not All Popes Resign for the Same Reasons

Ottorino Cappelli

In an interview with Professor Stanislao Pugliese we review an illustrious precedent to Pope Ratzinger’s resignantion—that of Celestine V, who resigned in 1294. Scorned as a...

Monti: "Attacking Corruption is our Priority"

Judith Harris

Corruption costs. According to the Corte dei Conti, in Italy the costs here have become unsustainable, bringing from 25% to 40% in losses in industrial growth and business.

Dissecting Berlusconi’s Italy

Alice BONVICINI

On September 20, journalist Marco Travaglio and Judge Piercamillo Davigo were invited to the School of Journalism of Columbia University to discuss the troubled present and past...

Politics and Corruption have Deep Roots

Jerry Krase

When a New York City Assemblyman is indicted for "Putting his Office Up for Sale" we should explore the roots of the problem and its solution.

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