In 1764, the now famous treatise “On Crimes and Punishments” was published anonymously, meeting with a success that today would be described as global, creating (…)Crime and punishment: justice and the political economy
Setting the backdrop for discussions at this National Roundtable session were the latest global liquidity indicators produced by the Bank for International Settlements, according to (…)Economic crises in a globalized world: new ways to finance businesses
With the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage marking the 40th year since its inception and the inauguration of its then first minister Giovanni Spadolini, the (…)Balancing budgets and benefits for Italy’s cultural heritage. The Great Beauty: protecting and promoting art
Kick-starting discussions at this Meeting of the Friends of Aspen group was the observation that the establishment of the Social Impact Investment Taskforce (SIIT) by (…)The G8 Social Impact Investment Task Force (SIIT): conclusions and evaluations
Kick-starting discussions at this national conference was the observation that with a turnover of 132 billion euro and a workforce of 385,000 people, the food (…)Expo 2015: Italy’s food and agriculture industry and global markets
This talk-debate session focused on the Republican victory in the recent US midterm elections, heralded as unquestionably significant in terms of both numbers and scale. (…)The US midterm elections: results and analysis
320 times greater than the store of knowledge kept in the legendary Library of Alexandria, and representing a mass of data which, if stored on (…)How important is big data for business and society?
With issue 66 of the Institute’s Aspenia journal spotlighting, among other things, the Expo 2015 world’s fair to be held in Milan, the panel discussion (…)Smart cities, technology and sustainability. The challenge of Expo 2015
Kick-starting this national roundtable event was the observation that the question of the competitiveness of Italian firms in global markets can be summed up in (…)Helping Italian SMEs compete on global markets
Discussions at this event focused primarily on the profound changes taking place in the news and publishing industry. It was remarked that, on the one (…)Transforming a company in a sector that is undergoing transformation
A year on from Aspen Italia’s 2013 National Conference on the banking system, participants gathered for this third edition of the event to take stock (…)Italy’s banking system: roles and responsibilities in the face of new rules and the real economy
The participants at this National Roundtable viewed as telling that in the nigh-on seventy-year history of the Italian Republic, there have been several instances of (…)Reforming Italy’s public administration to spur competitiveness
This second edition of the Cross-generational Roundtable, aimed at bringing together associates of Aspen Institute Italia spanning several generations to discuss various topics of shared (…)Cross‐generation roundtable – Beyond equal opportunity: women in business and in the public sector
Education, welfare and the gender gap were at the top of the agenda of discussions at this international roundtable, which featured guest speaker Khalid Malik, (…)From vulnerabilities to resilience: strengthening human development
The three issues explored at the recent Aspen International Conference event – the “World Economy Dialogue” held in Rome on June 30, 2014 – were (…)Joint meeting between the Friends of Aspen and the Aspen Junior Fellows – Topic: the “World Economy” international conference
Spearheading discussions at this national roundtable discussion was the affirmation that Italy could become a major force in sustainable prosperity, but in order to fully (…)Health, environment and lifestyle: can Italy be a model of sustainable well‐being?
