The chemical industry was a leading sector in Italy's 'economic miracle', but after remarkable growth in the 1950s, it … Italy's giant electric power companies, which was diversifying into new sectors. The 'chemical wars' of the late 1950s and … early 1960s pitted the three companies against one another, as they competed for state support by building plants in Italy …

Italy's economic stagnation is a matter of fiscal, national, and European concern. Since a good remedy requires an … Italy's recent economic record, the paper reviews three families of explanations: "unwillingness to reform" accounts … this synthesis, the paper argues that Italy's recent stagnation can be traced back to two key moments: first, a failed …