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The latest book by Salvatore Rossi offers a distinct snapshot of Italy
Good enterprises are built through knowledge, and this also creates awareness of the context in which they operate and relates to what went on before them, which are the bases to properly face the future. However, we need reliable tools for this, and in little less than 200 clearly written vivid pages Breve racconto dell’Italia nel mondo attraverso i fatti dell’economia (A brief history of Italy around the world through economic facts), the latest literary effort by Salvatore Rossi – economist, CEO of the Bank of Italy and now president of Telecom – paints a picture of Italy as a country unique to this world, rife with issues yet also brimming with resources.
Italy’s geographical identity and distinct civilisation – the cumulative result of equally unique features – are described using a good narrative style and a comprehensible yet never trite or inaccurate language.
The author tried to answer a question: “What is the place of Italy in today’s world?” The answer could be found in the state of the economy that, indeed, takes up a lot of societal energy and allows to reconstruct the nature of its own society. Indeed, Salvatore Rossi narrates the Italian economy by juxtaposing it to the great global powers, and he does so integrating data as well as historical and political thoughts, through a number of stages focused on: enterprises, globalisation, conflicts, international economic relationships – all narrated through a lively language conducive to reflection.
The whole is bound together by a fil rouge linking present and past, especially that past era when an economy blending aesthetics and function, art and innovation, elegance and technology, arose. This is precisely Rossi’s aim: to rediscover that fil rouge that may be the key to retrieve a leadership position in a world that, nowadays, seems to need exactly what Italy knows how to do best.
Salvatore Rossi wonders whether: another Italian renaissance is possible, and, indeed, finds that the answer is yes.
Breve racconto dell’Italia nel mondo attraverso i fatti dell’economia (A brief history of Italy around the world through economic facts)
Salvatore Rossi
Il Mulino, 2023
The latest book by Salvatore Rossi offers a distinct snapshot of Italy
Good enterprises are built through knowledge, and this also creates awareness of the context in which they operate and relates to what went on before them, which are the bases to properly face the future. However, we need reliable tools for this, and in little less than 200 clearly written vivid pages Breve racconto dell’Italia nel mondo attraverso i fatti dell’economia (A brief history of Italy around the world through economic facts), the latest literary effort by Salvatore Rossi – economist, CEO of the Bank of Italy and now president of Telecom – paints a picture of Italy as a country unique to this world, rife with issues yet also brimming with resources.
Italy’s geographical identity and distinct civilisation – the cumulative result of equally unique features – are described using a good narrative style and a comprehensible yet never trite or inaccurate language.
The author tried to answer a question: “What is the place of Italy in today’s world?” The answer could be found in the state of the economy that, indeed, takes up a lot of societal energy and allows to reconstruct the nature of its own society. Indeed, Salvatore Rossi narrates the Italian economy by juxtaposing it to the great global powers, and he does so integrating data as well as historical and political thoughts, through a number of stages focused on: enterprises, globalisation, conflicts, international economic relationships – all narrated through a lively language conducive to reflection.
The whole is bound together by a fil rouge linking present and past, especially that past era when an economy blending aesthetics and function, art and innovation, elegance and technology, arose. This is precisely Rossi’s aim: to rediscover that fil rouge that may be the key to retrieve a leadership position in a world that, nowadays, seems to need exactly what Italy knows how to do best.
Salvatore Rossi wonders whether: another Italian renaissance is possible, and, indeed, finds that the answer is yes.
Breve racconto dell’Italia nel mondo attraverso i fatti dell’economia (A brief history of Italy around the world through economic facts)
Salvatore Rossi
Il Mulino, 2023