This paper talks about multi-pillar pension system in Italy, focusing most on the impact of Pension Funds established by trade unions and employers associations. Minor sensitivity to demographic shocks is what makes funding appealing in respect of public <em>pay-as-you-go</em> scheme. Benefit comes from...

What might happen to the Italian Textile and Apparel industry? Does it deserve to survive, even if in a reduced dimension, or is it going to disappear, simply being a piece of our past without a passport to our future? This paper call for debate and reach a better view of a changing industry,...

The aim of this paper is to better define the meaning of industrial representation, fixing its distinctive context. To do so reference will be made to a scheme called ‘representation axis’ which connects the private concept to the political one. The analysis proceeds to answer such typical...