(Italiano) Baliani: l’importanza della pietas
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Apocalittici e impiegati
Nowadays it’s difficult to find somebody who believes in a revolution that will put an end to the capitalistic system. However, many people think that the actual global system will collapse, because it’s not able to cope with the problems of the 21st century. This apocalyptic scenario is a nightmare and not a dream, because…
Proposta: più aiuto internazionale in telelavoro
Why international agencies like the World Bank and the European Union do not apply the telework techniques to many of their missions in the developing countries? In many cases, once the working group has been established, a big part of the project could be carried out without costly trips, expensive in terms of travel allowances…
(Italiano) “Tolleranza zero”: quando è necessaria
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(Italiano) Contro la secessione, l’alleanza dei “polentoni”
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Supercommissari per le tante spazzature del Sud
The scandal of garbage collecting in Naples shows the failure of the policies of the last decades in the South of Italy, where local politicians have received money and powers without being able to develop their territories and to defend the legal system. The South does not need only a “Supercommissioner” with special authority for…
Si può battere il record di Nelly Bly?
On the route of Verne’s Phileas Fogg, in 1889 the American journalist Nelly Bly made a tour around the world in 72 days and wrote a book, now translated into Italian by Luisa Cetti. It is almost impossible to do the same thing today, using public means of tranportation (without planes, of course), because the…
2008: un po’ d’ottimismo, nonostante il degrado
A few thoughts at the end of the year after some optimistic (and surprising, for some people) articles by il Sole 24 Ore. Italy is condemned to an inevitable decay? No. It’s true that the country is losing ground (even if politicians often deny it), but I am with the people who think that we…
Womenomics, le donne al centro dell’economia
“Women are now the most powerful engine of global growth”, says The Economist. Womenomics are getting more and more important, and Italy is among the European countries where the female employment rate is lower. I had the occasion to work on this topic with a group who has been in charge of preparing the official…
Riflessioni ferroviarie, dopo l’articolo del NYT
“Italy is in a funk”, wrote the New York Times. In my opinion, something worse is happening, because Italians do not believe any more that the political class, any political class, will be able to solve their problems. Even the small ones, like the dirty toilets in the trains. Incompetence, unefficient or corrupted administration, but…