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The inauguration ceremony for the seventh edition of the Festival of Economics began with a minute’s silence, to express sympathy and solidarity with the population of Emilia, Veneto and...
Different countries, different types of globalisation. It would appear that the notorious phenomenon of globalisation is making its effects felt on the life of each of us in a different way,...
"If a 28-year-old man in Britain is still living with his family, people ask themselves what is wrong with him. If the same thing happens in Italy people ask themselves what is wrong with the...
Universities are the same for everyone. Wrong. Italian universities as they are structured today are a gift from the poor to the rich, and while schools are for everyone, universities should only...
"Our fate depends on Europe and on Spain, in particular. If they abandon the euro, we risk having to do the same, and in that case we will come out of the crisis poorer". These were the...
"Are we cheating our children?" Eric Hanushek, from Stanford University, did not provide the answer in his presentation at the 2012 Festival of Economics, but he raised a series of...
Article 56 of Minister Elsa Fornero’s decree-law on employment provides for a compulsory day of absence from work for new fathers, an initiative already described by bloggers as “dad...
The future will see new currencies and future generations will have the chance to choose between different international monetary systems. The dollar will no longer be the point of reference and...
In the last few years young Italians have been targeted by many politicians getting on their soapboxes to call them “bamboccioni” (mummy’s boys/overgrown babies) or even "...
The crisis is making us understand that the economic model of the last few decades, with its ever increasing consumerism, cannot last forever. It is necessary for there to be a redistribution of...
