Italy
Editors’ Briefing: On Our Radar This Week (Feb. 24–March 3)
This week in political economy.
Italy’s elections are on Sunday, and with the polls being inconclusive and the reemergence of former PM Silvio Berlusconi...
Of Computers and Cronyism: What’s the Cause of Italy’s Productivity Problem?
The latest Stigler Center working paper from Bruno Pellegrino and Luigi Zingales argues that Italy’s sclerotic TFP growth over the past two decades has...
The Berlusconi Voter, Taken Seriously: a Little Exercise in Historical Comprehension
The Berlusconi phenomenon in Italy both anticipated and exhibits features that epitomize the plight of Western politics.
This is the third installment of ProMarket’s new article...
Italy’s Referendum: You Call it Populism, I Call it Democracy
The “no” vote in Italy’s referendum was not unexpected, economically meaningful, or against globalization. In these regards, it was not like Brexit or Trump....
