Economic problems began in Italy at the dawn of the second decade of this century. But all Eurozone is in difficulties.. Germany, which is the largest economy in the Eurozone, has been swinging between stagnation and recession for the past two years
Classical liberalism clings to the idea (in reality, an ideological bias) that competitive capitalism, closely associated with the liberal-democratic political system, is capable of self-correction.
Working hours were at the center of social progress in the second half of the last century. Now deregulation has become the rule, breaking up personal and family life.
Il rapporto fra i governi e le imprese private andrebbe concepito in termini di complementarità e di cooperazione.Ma per la Commissione europea la politica industriale sembra essere un semplice riflesso della politica della concorrenza.