Mi chiamo Speroni, mio nonno era mugnaio sull’Olona, però…
About the risk of secession in Italy, my family name, the hurried way in which people read articles on the screen…
Se il Belgio si divide l’Italia esplode
Italy like Belgium? In a recent comment on the Belgian crisis, The Economist wrote: “Sometimes it is right for a country to recognize that a job is done”. States are changing all over Europe, and secessions are not necessarily traumatic as they used to be. See Czechoslovakia. In Italy the North and the South are…
Grillo apre la terza fase della comunicazione politica
There are four reasons behind Beppe Grillo’s V Day success, (“where V stands for a very rude Italian expletive”, explains the International Herald Tribune). Grillo is a very talented comedian; his proposals are very simple (probably too simple); people in Italy are really looking for an alternative to the actual political class; and he knows…
La domanda di Libero Grassi
In a public debate in Palermo, Libero Grassi, the entrepreneur who was later killed by Mafia, asked me if my journalism was more similar to playing tennis or ping pong. His question could now be put to his colleagues, who proclaim that the ones who pay the “pizzo” will be expelled from Confindustria.
La ricchezza nell’era wikinomics
Wikinomics, the new system to which everybody contributes freely through internet, puts under discussion some of our basic economic concepts. The gross domestic product (Gdp), for example, is based on the idea of measuring “wealth”. But what is wealth if an important part of the economy develops without payments and without prices?
I rivoluzionari del senso civico
“Senso civico” means being concerned about the public good. It’s an attitude which in Italy is lacking, and this explains the weakness of our political system, in the left as in the right wing. From Michele Salvati to Beppe Grillo, columnists and bloggers discuss this point, without being able to find a solution. May be…
I precari? Sono la maggioranza dei lavoratori
Beppe Grillo started a crusade against precarious jobs in Italy. The problem is real, but the “Biagi law “which the extreme left wants to change is not responsible for it. Only a broader reform of the work laws, including higher indemnities for unemployment, can offer a real change of the situation.
Clima: il Sahara è la nostra speranza
A few things I’ve learnt from the Venice Forum, about the future of energy and climate change. Carbon dioxide emission must be taxed to promote energy saving. And we must invest much more in R&D, which can have promising results, especially in promoting solar energy. In the future, we will need to be strictly connected…
Da dove andiamo a incominciare?
Seen from Italy, all the traditional political instruments look crumbling. The United Nations cannot be reformed and cannot cope with the worst crises, the European Union is paralyzed after its enlargement and should start anew from a smaller group of nations, in this country the unity between a North and a South that are more…
Riflessioni per i miei 65 anni
Statistics tell us that living after 65 years is like a Russian roulette: on the average you will live for 16 more years, but this just means that you have a 50% chance of dying before and 50% after that limit. How do you get the best from life under these conditions? I wrote down…