Stories and News

Stories and News No. 304 Two news items have particularly caught my attention today. The first is yet another video posted by Silvio Berlusconi to his promoters of freedom , this time focused on the prosecutors which are investigating on him in relation the Ruby case. The second, the last but not the least, is called Noi Italia (We Italy) and is the Istat (most important Italian statistic researchers) report, with aggregate data about our country in the year 2009. Reading the text of the message by our prime minister and giving just a look at the numbers that emerge from Istat research, especially those related to the growing number of poor families and unemployed , I see a further evidence of the shameful short circuit between the prime minister, his paid by the State servants and the real world; the real world that suffers and pays more than all the infamous policy of recent years. There are two Italys: that who attends the spectacle of Bunga Bunga and the one who remains out. ...

Silvio Berlusconi, during a press conference, released today some statements that have left me very perplexed. The Italian Prime Minister said to see strong signs of an economic restart and he added that the worst of the crisis is over . There is nothing new in this. I am convinced that this man would be able to sell a diving suit to a dolphin. The thing that struck me is that, supporting his words, Silvio cited the new OECD report on the latest composite leading indicators , which put I taly among the countries that have most improving economic situation, together with France, United Kingdom and China . "Moreover," Berlusconi said, "the crisis has hit Great Britain more than other European countries , which has no manufacturing economy like Germany or us, and we are back to third place in Europe . We are the sixth country for contributions to United Nations, so things are not going badly." I'm not an expert in economics, but in my humble opinion I ...