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Sour notes in Italy's September Song

Judith Harris

A sour note will be heard in Italy's otherwise glorious September song: the economy. A fundamental problem: nine Italian families out of ten are relatively poorer today than were...

Talking Money Matters with Renzi and Padoan

Judith Harris

Italy's youthful Premier Matteo Renzi and his more mature Finance Minister Pier Carlo Padoan are talking money. On the agenda: a pending law that cuts property taxes, raises the...

Escape Room Economy

Judith Harris

Italy has discovered a game which, it seems, everyone else has been playing for years: “The X-door,” where players are locked into an escape room until they can fumble their...

European Elections: Rhetoric High, Interest Low

Judith Harris

As European elections loom, the rhetoric heats up. But public interest remains low even though the stakes are high. In the background are the continuing recession, judiciary...

Economy: Fragile but, Even so, it Moves

Judith Harris

Eppur si muove – But even so, it moves, said Galileo Galilei after his trial. If the U.S. economy is hustling, and Europe’s is recovering after more than five years of the...

Talking Money

Judith Harris

Wherever one goes these days, the talk is money. But even in the midst of recession there are encouraging signs of financial life. Although the GNP is expected to hit a minus 1.8%...

Rainbow Glimmers on the Economic Horizon

Judith Harris

Confindustria has just declared that industrial production bounced up by 0.4% in June this year by comparison with the previous month. Yes, it is a positive note

Competitiveness of Italian firms. Hopes & Upbeat Mood

Susannah Gold

Bank of Italy Panel Discussion at the Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò, an appropriate venue created as a tribute to Guido Zerilli-Marimò, a noted Italian entrepreneur who helped...

NOVA Conference: Italy 2020 Inspiring Our Future

ALESSIO LOMBARDI

Columbia Business School and NYU Stern School of Business hosted in New York the Annual NOVA Conference. A chance for networking and hearing noted speakers discuss Italy and its...

Italy Today. Analyzing the Viruses Sickening the Country

Marina Melchionda

The book “Italy Today. Politics, economy, and society” is a collection of essays that analyzes various aspects of the present Italian social, political and economical ...

Italy. Inflation Rate Highest in 5 yrs

Italian inflation sparked fresh alarm Friday after supermarket, fuel, bar and restaurant prices showed a 4.8% annual rise in February - their highest leap in 11 years.

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