Life in the Living Museum
Italian business association Confcommercio recently carried out some research into just how much Italy's politicians cost Italians. The answer is that Italy's politicians cost around €152 per capita or €352 per family unit.According to Confcommercio, there are 154,000 national and local … [Read more...]
This is a wee bit like the 'which came first, the chicken or the egg?' story, only in this case, the chicken is Silvio Berlusconi and the egg is Italy, or vice versa, maybe. Anyway, there have been comments from high level observers of the Italy situation, people such as Alexander Stille and James … [Read more...]
Italy has a problem. Beautiful, creative minds are leaving the Living Museum in droves. Italy is aware of this issue, but, in the Italian way, is either not doing much about it, or is sweeping the matter under the carpet. At the end of the day though, for Italy's political classes, Italy's … [Read more...]
Last week, Silvio Berlusconi had a snide go at homosexuals. His attack led to widespread uproar both in Italy and abroad. The comment - "better to like beautiful girls than to be gay" - was probably aimed at one Nichi Vendola, an Italian politician who also happens to be gay. Vendola is the … [Read more...]
I'm going to contradict myself a little in this post. After having recently written about Italy's young not having much of a future, which, incidentally, is a theme Time covered too, I decided to see what, if anything might manage to keep a few Italians in Italy, or, maybe, persuade them to … [Read more...]
