We present the current Italian economic crisis as a phase of a major systemic decline. We argue that “Italy’s system …

We present the current Italian economic crisis as a phase of a major systemic decline. We argue that “Italy’s system …

, and Italy, to the establishment of an effective and ‘permanent’ direct sea-route between Italy and north-west Europe from … routes associated with them, and with a forced shift to the maritime trading routes between Italy and north-west Europe … textiles from north-west Europe were exported to Italy and the Mediterranean basin, because, inter alia, the overland distance …

has to be country and context specific, it cannot violate fundamentals. We suggest that Italy must take on again, as …-political-social structure and it would be necessarily painful at different levels. However, this is the only route Italy could follow to stay on …

than the overall economy. Behind the dynamics of aggregate trade, Italy’s comparative advantage changed fundamentally over … foreign trade at a high level of disaggregation to document and analyze these changes. We conclude with an assessment of Italy …

in the mezzogiorno regional level area of Italy - studies reasons for return of Italian migrant workers (free circulation …