Will America and China Manage to Escape Thucydides' Trap?
by Brunello Rosa
A cold war between the US and PRC is already underway, with the two great powers engaged in a trade war that could escalate into military conflict. Geopolitical polarization is leading to the friendshoring of supply chains, stagflation and reduction of the global growth potential
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The Right Protection from Shocks
by Giulia Giupponi
Unemployment insurance or shorttime employment? Is it better to protect workers or jobs? The answer may lie in the complementarity of the two policy responses
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The Flight of the Honest
by Massimo Anelli
Migrants tend to be more honest than those who stay in their places of origin. As a result, those countries are deprived of social capital, with negative effects on productivity, growth and the quality of institutions
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This Is Not a Society for Young People, Women and Foreigners
by Camillo Papini
Vulnerabilities increase where these three disadvantage factors meet, explains Roberto Barbieri, alumnus and general manager of Oxfam Italy. And in an Italy that shows no signs of reversing the trend, social problems will become deeper
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Egypt's Two Paths to Consumer Goods
by Camillo Papini
Agricultural exports on the one hand and strengthening of local production on the other: these are the opportunities that Moustafa Hassanein, Alumnus and Deputy General Manager of Maggie Metal Corporation, identifies in the market of a country that continues to exhibit strong demographic growth
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