The insurer and the Greek house
So the Greek house is on fire. What do you do if you are an insurer and the house you have insured is on fire? Do you start arguing about the bill or do you rush to save it, to … Continue reading
Category Archives: English
Good Morning Poverty.
So, a version of the letter to the IMF by Greek leaders was put out on the web last night. Dunque. Una versione del testo del documento inviato dal Governo greco al Fondo Monetario Internazionale ed alla Troika è stato … Continue reading
The sea and the fire
Beautiful Denmark. Copenhagen, with its bikes and the students that slide over them as if skating. I like Copenhagen, its elegance, its harshness. Its brick-houses that speak of gusts of winds over the sea that smash against them, protecting fishermen … Continue reading
Economics 101. For some. L’economia spiegata a un bambino (italiano). Da un irlandese.
Tratto da David Mc Williams, blogger irlandese.
News from Spain: random correlations?
So here goes quarterly GDP in Spain for 2010 and 2011: A press realease just came out in Italy, saying that (my translation): “… SEOPAN data indicate a very negative trend in public procurement in Spain. In 2011 they were … Continue reading
The United States of Europe. One inch at a time.
“Now, what are you going to do?”
You need a Greek to go to China.
The leader of Greece’s Orthodox Church warned on Thursday that rising poverty could trigger a “social explosion” amid deep austerity and record-high unemployment, as the country enters a fifth year of recession. “Homelessness and even hunger — phenomena seen during … Continue reading
The Daughter of the Shopkeeper
“A nation of shopkeepers. Small firms. Some people meant that as an insult, my father thought differently. Small firms like the ones of my father.” I liked the Iron Lady movie. Not only because something has always fascinated me about … Continue reading
Yes we Can. Think Pink. Think Italy.
We are the Champions of Europe. Women waterpolo, 2012. Yes we can. Grandi ragazze.
Small is beautiful, but not in Europe
So I got angry once again. At this beautiful conference I was taking part last night, when one of the speakers said, speaking of the Italian industrial system: “there are way too many small firms (SMEs) in Italy (he is … Continue reading