- 10 marzo 2020
Coronavirus, Italy tightens lockdown as deaths climb
The whole country will be locked-down until April 3rd as the coronavirus outbreak worsens. The goal is containing the emergency - but economic consequences can be harsh
- 17 settembre 2019
Cutting-edge with the revolutionary N°5
«Be what you are, wear what you want.» Coco Chanel’s great belief also extended to her concept of beauty.
- 08 agosto 2016
L’imperatore del Giappone Akihito: disponibile a possibile abdicazione
TOKYO – In un messaggio pre-registrato rilasciato oggi e trasmesso in televisione a partire dalle 15 ora locale (le 8 del mattino in Italia), l'imperatore del Giappone Akihito, 82 anni, ha fatto chiaramente intendere di voler abdicare in futuro per ragioni di età avanzata e salute, che potrebbero
- 04 febbraio 2016
The Currency War that Nobody Wins
The Bank of Japan is trying to depreciate the yen. The European Central Bank (ECB), with the announcement of new monetary steps in March, is pushing the euro
- 26 giugno 2015
Opposition Grows Against ECB Funds to Greek Banks
For the second consecutive day, the European Central Bank (ECB) kept at around 89 billion euros the limit to emergency liquidity (ELA) that the Greek Central Bank provides to Greek lenders; but the continued supply of liquidity was severely criticized by the President of the Bundesbank Jens
- 20 giugno 2015
The Mission and the Mistakes
After nearly one month since the termination was first announced through the media, Claudio Costamagna has effectively substituted Franco Bassanini as President of Cassa Depositi e Risparmi (CDP—savings and loans bank). In fact, the foundations that are shareholders in the CDP—who for at least two
- 30 maggio 2015
Italian Policy for Europe and Alliances
After more than one year after its creation, and nearly six months since the end of the European semester, the Renzi administration appears to have devised its own very clear policy regarding Europe and the single currency. Or at least it seems this way based on a memo that mysteriously made its
- 13 febbraio 2015
It’s Time to Open to the Market
The special administration of Banca Etruria, the investigation by Rome prosecutors and stock market regulator CONSOB into alleged insider trading cases before the government announced the reform of the cooperative bank sector, the investigation into proxy votes at UBI Banca. The latest snapshots of
- 07 gennaio 2015
Do Economic Sanctions Work?
CAMBRIDGE – With Western economic sanctions against Russia, Iran, and Cuba in the news, it is a good time to take stock of the debate on just how well such
- 27 dicembre 2014
If the Right to Work Is Called Employability
The effort was made. The reformist content of the law decree and of the first two delegate provisions is undeniable, although it is smaller than had been
- 22 dicembre 2014
Development for the People
NEW YORK – The Ebola epidemic in West Africa is destroying lives, decimating communities, and orphaning children at a rate not seen since the region's brutal
- 23 ottobre 2014
Parity of Regulations Reduce “Stress”
The Stress Test operation is finally coming to a closing. After 10 months of work backstage, of accounting analyses and simulated scenarios that raised the
- 15 ottobre 2014
Economic Shadows and Light
ANKARA – If it is true that we live in a "global village," bound to one another through commercial, financial, and social ties, then it is also true that
Europe’s Broadband Battle
LONDON – Among the many challenges facing the new European Commission is determining how to provide ultra-fast broadband Internet access to all 500 million
- 03 ottobre 2014
The New Philosophers
PRINCETON – At the recent meeting of G-20 finance ministers in Australia, philosophical differences with some of our friends in Europe, before urging Europeans
- 02 ottobre 2014
China’s Visionary Stimulus
SHANGHAI – In March of last year, the first session of China’s 12th National People’s Congress began with then-Premier Wen Jiabao delivering his tenth and
- 16 settembre 2014
The People’s Corporations
LONDON – Two big power shifts are occurring around the world today. First, corporate power is growing relative to that of governments. Second, ordinary people
- 09 settembre 2014
In Those Classrooms, We’re Betting on our Future
If you expect that, starting this year, our children will have extra assistant teachers in school, forget it. If you heard talk of merit raises for teachers,
- 08 settembre 2014
Facing Reality in the Eurozone
LONDON – European Central Bank President Mario Draghi’s at the annual gathering of central bankers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, has excited great interest, but
- 14 agosto 2014
The Coming CLASS War
HONG KONG – The eighteenth-century German military strategist Carl von Clausewitz as the continuation of politics by different means, and, like the ancient