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  • Facts & Stories

    Facing Reality in the Circus Ring

    Judith Harris(March 01, 2013)
    The March 2 Economist magazine has Italy on the cover and the headline: "How Beppe Grillo and Silvio Berlusconi threaten the future of Italy and the euro." The charge: "Confronted by the worst recession in their country since the 1930s and the possible implosion of Europe's single currency, the people of Italy have decided to avoid reality." A better way to put it is that some here have failed to grasp reality because reality is complex. A government that can handle the economic crisis, and the social crisis implicit in it, is necessary, but which government?
  • Op-Eds

    Elections 2013: "A Pit Bull Fight"

    Judith Harris(February 21, 2013)
    In Italy's most important national general elections in half a century, turnout is expected to be low by the usual standards, but the stakes are extraordinarily high, and begin with the search for finding ways and means to stimulate the economy. And can the pre-election battle lead to a functional coalition?
  • Op-Eds

    Is There Light at the End of the Tunnels

    Judith Harris(November 27, 2011)
    The longing to see the light at the end of the tunnel has become more viscerally felt in Italy these days than ever since the early post-war era. Problem is, there are so many tunnels that the challenge is to determine just which tunnel has priority.