Italy

Populist parties and the decline of progressive politics in Italy

This paper analyzes the role of local spending, particularly on social welfare, and local inequality as factors in the Italian political crisis following the adoption in 2011 of more radical national austerity measures.

The Calamity of Germany’s Distorted Perception of Italy

Italy’s austerity-fueled crisis is a warning to the Eurozone

Why Italy’s woes are a warning to the whole Eurozone

From 28-30 June the Italian Association for the History of Political Economy will be gathering in Genova to ask the question “Whatever has happened to political economy?”.  Before the start of the conference, Rethinking Economics and the YSI Philosophy of Economics Working Group will host a workshop to discuss a related question: “Whatever happened to economics?”. Professor Geoffrey Hodgson will participate in our discussion.

When politics is defined in terms of “populism” vs. “the mainstream,” the possibility for real economic reform is diminished.

Edoardo Nesi’s new book tracks the destructive march of globalization and neoliberal capitalism through his own life and the places, like Italy, that lie broken in its wake.

Especially in the wake of the Great Recession, calls for more diversity within economics are usually limited to appealing for greater diversity in the economists’ backgrounds, while diversity of opinion and approaches is often neglected.

How a Banking Union Has Created Deep Divisions that Undermine the Eurozone’s Stability

A discussion on Brexit with Iain Begg, Professorial Research Fellow at the European Institute, London School of Economics.

Paying tribute to one of the world’s most distinguished economic historians.

This research project shows the European origins of development economics between the late 1930s and the early 1960s and describes how the postwar global challenge of development took shape.

A showdown has taken place within Italy’s governing coalition.