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Italian economy

  • Milan
    • 28 November 2011
     
     

    The “green economy”: new opportunities for Italy

      The key objective to emerge from the discussions at this National Conference was that of transforming a constraint into an opportunity. The green economy must be made the cornerstone of a new, more sustainable and enduring development model. It was observed that, in recent years, particularly in the wake of the protracted effects of the worst economic and financial crisis in recent history, the world has begun to stop treating the “environmental factor” as a possible limitation on freedom of enterprise, but rather to see it from a more comprehensive perspective.

    • Milan
      • 26 April 2010
       
       

      Italy’s strong and weak points

        The opening premise of this roundtable discussion was that a differential of more than ten percentage points has separated Italy from the average growth rate of the eurozone countries over the last 10 years. Whilst the growth rates of some of these countries have now been revealed as unsustainable, based as they were on an escalation in private and/or public borrowings, it was acknowledged that a comparison with the growth of more virtuous countries, such as Germany and, in particular, France, is still unfavorable to Italy.

      • Milan
        • 20 September 2010
         
         

        Italy’s savings: how to make it work for the country’s development

          The Conference got underway with an acknowledgement that savings have played a key role in maintaining Italy’s stability during the more acute phases of the recent financial crisis, and may play an even more important role now as a driver of the country’s economic recovery and growth.

        • Milan
          • 22 February 2010
           
           

          Increasing Italy’s exports

            The roundtable got underway with an examination of the twofold characterization of Italian exports that has, for over a decade, been a core theme in public debate over the competitiveness of the Italian economy in the age of globalization – one which sees exports both as a driver of Italy’s growth and, at the same time, as a reflection of the outward-looking nature of the Italian production system.

          • Milan
            • 29 November 2010
             
             

            Family affairs: the Italian economy and family-run businesses

              The Friends of Aspen held their twelfth annual meeting in the newly-restored Salone Barozzi at the Milan Institute for the Blind. At the opening of proceedings, the group’s latest members were introduced, a brief account was given of the group’s activities over the past year, and a range of matters raised by group members were discussed, including the choice of discussion topic for the next annual conference to be held in the spring.

            • Milan
              • 19 January 2009
               
               

              Public investment to reinforce the real economy

                In the history of any country, there are phases where it is necessary to build and phases where wealth produced needs to be distributed. Italy, hit by the international crisis, finds itself in the former condition and aims to bolster its economy by building new infrastructure and, in the process, create jobs and facilitate the movement of people and goods.

              • Lecce
                • 23 October 2009
                 
                 

                Business, productivity, active society: a recipe for growth

                  The participants in this seminar observed that after the shock of the crisis, the economy is searching for ways and means of coming out of the recession with a new model for growth. The first signs of recovery are raising hopes everywhere that the worst may be over – even in Italy. However, despite indications emerging from the financial market, the impact of the crisis on the real economy and employment are far from being a thing of the past.