Italy
Renovation required
Giorgia Meloni’s new government must make deep reforms if Italy is to regain its lost vitality, argues John Peet
Wanted: an Italian Thatcher
Italy’s new government needs to make deep economic reforms
But Giorgia Meloni may not have the desire or the experience to make them, says John Peet
The cost of vulnerability
External shocks have hit the Italian economy hard
They have also exacerbated internal weaknesses
Spreadeagled
Why is Italy’s public-debt burden so big?
It is the denominator, not the numerator, that is the real problem
Structural faults
Italy’s protected sectors need exposure to more competition
Their approach to management and the labour market need a shake-up, too
Sunrise or sunset?
Southern Italy needs private enterprise and infrastructure
It does not just need more public money
Italy’s bane
Political instability in Italy has always affected reform
Can Giorgia Meloni stay in power long enough to buck the trend?
The houses that Giuseppe sold
Italy is trying to deal with its demographic decline
Some deserted southern towns are taking innovative approaches
A new reform spirit
Italy needs to learn from other countries on structural changes
It cannot afford to retreat from them as it has before
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Climate adaptation
The challenge of the age
Adapting to climate change is urgent, feasible and woefully underfunded, argues Edward McBride
- The challenge of the age: The world has to adapt to the climate change it will not avoid
- To those who have...: Money and moderately good governance make climate-change adaptation easier
- The big and the little: Small climate projects cannot take the place of all large ones
- Of heat and harvests: A lot can be done to adapt farming to near-term climate change
- Look around you: The business of businesses is climate-change adaptation
- Making the money available: Public money must pave the way for private investment in climate-change adaptation
- Common sense: The rich world is wrong to think that climate impacts in poor countries don’t matter