It’s time for a national postal bank in both Canada and the United States
PHOTOS: The little Post Office in downtown St. Albert, where your blogger lives, which Canada Post is anxious to close as soon as possible. Below: The U.S. Post Office in…
Italy
The Results of Italy’s 2012 Labour Market Reforms: No Solution to Unemployment
By Gabriele Piazza and Martin Myant of the European Trade Union Institute In June 2012 Italy introduced a package of labour-market reforms. One particularly controversial measure was a change to…
Income, Class and Austerity in Southern Europe
Data from Southern Europe indicates a trend of wealth distribution to the top 20% of income earners since the onset of austerity. At the outset of the Global Financial Crisis…
Next Up, Spain
As events unfold over the next few weeks following today’s No victory in Greece there’ll be plenty of people watching in Spain. That country’s Podemos movement promotes a similar sort…
From Mafia Home to Art Gallery
Italy is home to the oldest operating museum, the Uffizi, and the country is (probably) home to the oldest operating mafia. But it may come as a bit of a…
Ernie goes to Italy: Part I
I was going to blog about Italy today, but I didn’t get around to it. Here’s the thing: an Italy post needs pictures. I have a new camera (a real…
The Eurozone’s ‘New Austerity Model’ » CounterPunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names
The Eurozone’s ‘New Austerity Model’ » CounterPunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names. by Jack Rasmus In the coming weeks and months, as the Eurozone economy weakens still further, it…
Renzi seeks to avert labour battlefield – English – ANSA.it
Renzi seeks to avert labour battlefield – English – ANSA.it. Rome, November 7 – Italian Premier Matteo Renzi on Friday reiterated a warning against letting labour-reform issues become a “terrain…
Ciao!
GC and I are off to Italy tomorrow, for two weeks of exploring, eating and drinking wine! We’re starting in Venice, then going to Florence, followed by a few days…
Unions incensed after ‘surreal’ meeting – English – ANSA.it
Unions incensed after ‘surreal’ meeting – English – ANSA.it. (ANSA) – Rome, October 27 – The leaders of Italy’s four main labor union federations were incensed Monday after a meeting…
CGIL rally: 1 million, plus 1,000 police, and PD MPs – English – ANSA.it
CGIL rally: 1 million, plus 1,000 police, and PD MPs – English – ANSA.it. (ANSA) – Rome, October 24 – As many as one million people, one thousand police officers,…
Renzi budget has business ‘dreaming’ and unions worried – English – ANSA.it
Renzi budget has business ‘dreaming’ and unions worried – English – ANSA.it. CGIL and FIOM metalworkers rally for jobs Redazione ANSA Rome 14 October 2014 (ANSA) – Rome, October 14…
Why Italy’s stagnation could be the future for the entire eurozone | Riccardo Bellofiore | Comment is free | theguardian.com
Why Italy’s stagnation could be the future for the entire eurozone | Riccardo Bellofiore | Comment is free | theguardian.com. This summer Italy fell into a triple-dip recession. After the…
Youth unemployment reaches record high – English – ANSA.it
Youth unemployment reaches record high – English – ANSA.it. (ANSA) – Rome, July 31 – Unemployment among young Italians climbed last month to 43.7%, a level not seen in 37…
My sister in Italy, again this year
My sister in Italy, again this year My sister is travelling again through various places in Italy again this summer. Here is the blog posting pics and notes, most writing…
Interchange a Highway
Atlanta isn’t known for being a walkable city. Florence, Italy has a better reputation. This is kind of mind blowing, and should have people thinking about overpasses and cloverleaf highways…
Capital, Labour, and the Eurozone Crisis
Most of the coverage regarding the Eurozone crisis has understandably focused on the politics of austerity. Less attention, however, has been paid to the longer term trends in the industrial…
Hookers to be part of Italy’s GDP
Italy’s National Institute of Statistics recently announced that next year it will start including activities such as prostitution and illegal drug sales in the country’s Gross Domestic Product. And why…
EU officials plotted IMF attack to bring rebellious Italy to its knees – Telegraph Blogs
EU officials plotted IMF attack to bring rebellious Italy to its knees – Telegraph Blogs. The revelations about EMU skulduggery are coming thick and fast. Tim Geithner recounts in his…
Labour-reform decree gets final approval – English – ANSA.it
Labour-reform decree gets final approval – English – ANSA.it. The Lower House on Thursday gave final approval to the government’s decree to simplify Italy’s labour-market regulations. It passed with 279…