finance

The progress of globalization and liberalization that characterized the past three decades since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 has stopped in its tracks - gradually and then suddenly in the words of Ernest Hemingway – with the present…

“Money has to serve, not to rule.”, Pope Francis stated on the occasion of the World Financial Forum in 2013. Being a strong advocate of reform of our financial system and economy ever since, the Pope teaches an important lesson here; one…

The history of Europe, in this still young century, could be told in almost byblical terms. The first asymmetrical blow that came upon us took the shape of a financial contagion coming from the west. The weakest in Europe were hit the most…

The coronavirus crisis is forcing Western policymakers to bend their principles: lawmakers in the United States have just approved 2.2 trillion dollars in emergency spending; the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen,…

Per capire davvero cos’è e come è già in essere il progetto cinese delle Nuove Vie della Seta (BRI) non bisogna andare a Pechino o nella Shanghai Free-Trade Zone. Bisogna andare a Boten – una minuscola cittadina del Laos al confine con lo…