{"id":72210,"date":"2015-04-23T16:57:29","date_gmt":"2015-04-23T14:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/pin\/week-april-3-9\/"},"modified":"2015-04-23T16:57:29","modified_gmt":"2015-04-23T14:57:29","slug":"week-april-3-9","status":"publish","type":"pin","link":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitute.it\/en\/pin\/week-april-3-9\/","title":{"rendered":"The week of April 3 \u2013 9"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recovery and the virtuous circle of investments<\/strong> \u2013 The foreign press has been reporting that economic forecasts for Italy are improving and that the country is preparing to put the recession behind (April 7 on Financial Times<\/em> – Italy upgrades economic forecasts<\/a> and Wall Street Journal<\/em> – Italy Expects to Exit Recession This Year<\/a> *). The climate for investors is improving along with the recovery; according to the Financial Times<\/em>, this change can lead to a virtuous circle for the country (April 8 – Italian investment climate warms up<\/a>; Boost for Italian economy as investment climate starts to warm<\/a>). Another example? Fiat-Chrysler has just announced 500 million in investments for Italian factories producing the new Alfa Romeo<\/strong> engines Romeo<\/strong> (April 8 on Reuters<\/em> – Fiat Chrysler to invest 500 mln euros in new engines for Alfa Romeo and Les Echos<\/em> – Fiat investira E500 mlns dans des nouveaux moteurs pour Alfa Romeo<\/a>). This change in the perception of Italy is partly due to the reforms, at least that was the opinion of the Wall Street Journal<\/em> which stated that Rome could teach Paris how to enact difficult but much needed reforms (April 8 – What France Can Learn From Italy<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The success of Made in Italy<\/strong> \u2013 Last week, among the various sectors that are contributing to recovery, the foreign press paid attention to fashion and design. With the Salone del Mobile<\/strong> about to open, the Financial Times<\/em> went to Brianza to view interior design that is beating the recession by concentrating on tradition and innovation (April 5 – Italian design firms beat recession by drawing on trusted skills<\/a>). Instead,  Le Monde<\/em> went behind the scenes of the Italian empire of Calzedonia<\/strong>, the group that has followed a spectacular policy of world growth (April 4  – Calzedonia, les dessous d\u2019un empire italien<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The case of Yoox<\/strong>, which just merged with the Swiss Net-a-porter, creating the world\u2019s largest group of e-trade in fashion, is another example of global expansion. Last week, the Financial Times<\/em> profiled the company founder and CEO Federico Marchetti<\/strong> (April  3 – Federico Marchetti: Geek to the chic<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The fashion pages also had room to recall Italian designer Francesco Smalto<\/strong>, who just recently passed away and was one of the few people who knew how to combine luxury and sobriety (Liberation<\/em>, April 6 – Francesco Smalto se taille<\/a>; Les Echos<\/em>, April 7 – D\u00e9c\u00e8s du couturier italien Francesco Smalto<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Cinema, literature, science, art<\/strong> \u2013 There were various articles about the world of culture, cinema in particular. Le Monde<\/em> and Liberation<\/em> published reviews of the film \u201cThe Fabulous Youth\u201d, the movie that Neapolitan director Mario Martone<\/strong> made about Giacomo Leopardi, the Italian Rimbaud \u201d (April 7 – Mario Martone : \u00ab Leopardi n’\u00e9tait pas qu’un bossu m\u00e9lancolique \u00bb<\/a>;  \u00abLeopardi\u00bb, po\u00e8me le maudit<\/a>). The New York Times<\/em> also discussed cinema, writing about Hollywood productions that are returning to Cinecitt\u00e0<\/strong>, but the remake of Ben Hur (April 6 – Hollywood Takes a Roman Holiday … Again<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Instead, the Wall Street Journal<\/em> reviewed  the recent book The Telescope of Galileo, by Bucciantini, Michele Camerota <\/em>and Franco Giudice<\/em> , a work halfway between literature and science (April 3 – The Miracle of the Heavens<\/a>). Finally, there was interest in art, in the form of the scultures by Spanish artist Juan Mu\u00f1oz, on show at the Hangar Bicocca,<\/strong> Milan (El Pais<\/em>, April 9 – Las estatuas de Juan Mu\u00f1oz invaden Mil\u00e1n<\/a>).<\/p>\n

From the Dolomites to Campania, tourism in Italy<\/strong> \u2013 Last week too brought numerous suggestion in the foreign press for interesting stops for tourists. Rome <\/strong>took the lead, with a guide by M, Le Magazine du Monde<\/em> containing ideas to visit the Eternal City for all pocketbooks. (April 7 – Rome, dolce cit\u00e9<\/a>), while the suggestions of the Financial Times<\/em> were more exclusive, proposing the bar of the Hotel Hassler, located in the Italian capital and seen as an excellent place for business meetings. (April 7 – Great place to meet. Hassler Roma hotel bar, Rome<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Due, poi gli itinerari proposti da El Pais<\/em>: la scoperta dello \u201csplendore del vetro\u201d nel rinnovato museo di Murano<\/strong> (April   6  – Murano recobra el esplendor del vidrio en su museo renovado<\/a>) e un viaggio inCampania <\/strong>sulle orme dello scienziato Ettore Majorana, scomparso misteriosamente nel 1938 (April  7  – Un enigma de la f\u00edsica<\/a>). Per concludere El Mundo<\/em>, propone un po’ di \u201cadrenalina dolomitica\u201d con itinerari nel Parco Nazionale Adamello Brenta<\/strong> (April  7  – Dosis de adrenalina dolom\u00edtica<\/a>).<\/p>\n

El Pais<\/em> proposed two itineraries: a trip to discover the splendor of glass at the renovated museum of Murano<\/strong> (April 6 – Murano recobra el esplendor del vidrio en su museo renovado<\/a>) and a journey through Campania <\/strong>following the footsteps of scientist Ettore Majorana, who mysteriously disappeared in 1938 (April 7 – Un enigma de la f\u00edsica<\/a>). Finally El Mundo<\/em> suggested that its readers take in a little Dolomite adrenalina with a visit to Adamello Brenta National Park<\/strong> (April 7 – Dosis de adrenalina dolom\u00edtica<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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