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Deaglio, Mario
4 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
Swine flu and economic crisis
After the first cases of swine flu have been detected in Spain and the UK, the liberal daily La Stampa draws parallels between the spreading virus and the global economic crisis: "The first thing the two have in common is that there is no vaccination against the disease and no effective formula for curtailing the damages caused by the failure of subprime loans. The second feature they share is the quick mutation of the catalyst: we've already been told that the real danger is not the virus in its current form, but the high probability of more severe and more aggressive forms."
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More from the press review on the subject » Health and Medicine, » Europe, » U.S.
Italy is lagging behind Spain
On January 2nd, the Italian Prime Minister, Romano Prodi, denied claims that his country's economy has been overtaken by Spain's. According to figures published in December by Eurostat, the GDP per inhabitant is higher in Spain than in Italy. Mario Deaglio, professor of economy, considers this polemic. "Given the uncertainty of the statistics, it cannot be said whether Italy is on the winning front or not. But this is frankly of no importance. What is for sure, however, is that the growth rate of the Spanish economy is clearly above Italy's. This development has really increased the possibility of choice by improving the quality of life in Spain far more than in Italy. ... The reasons behind the Spanish success need to be explored ... : why is Spain moving ahead so fast while everything is dragging behind in Italy."
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More from the press review on the subject » Domestic Policy, » Economic Policy, » Italy, » Spain
The deportation of Romanian immigrants from Italy
According to Mario Deaglio, "there is a hazy idea circulating among some Italians that all Romanians are Romani people and all Romani people are criminals, at least potentially. As a consequence, all Romanians are potential criminals. This simplification of a far more complex reality has led a very large number of Italians, including a large proportion of politicians, to the conclusion that by driving Romanians out of the country, Italy will retrieve joy and tranquillity ... . The extreme attention given to the Romanian perpetrators of petty crimes is accompanied by a total lack of interest in what is actually working for Italy in Romania, no doubt the Eastern European country that is closest to Italy, not only because of its linguistic ties, but also thanks to its economy. There exists an extraordinary integration between the two countries: Romania is the only country in the world where small and medium Italian businesses have found a favourable terrain for their growth."
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More from the press review on the subject » International Relations, » EU enlargement, » Italy, » Europe, » Romania
Italy's 'environmental debt'
In a national conference on Climate change, the Minister of the environment Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio announced on Wednesday, September 12th, that the climate is warming-up in Italy four times as fast than in the rest of the world. The economy journalist Mario Deaglio is not surprised. "Behind the label 'environment', it is possible to gather disparate problems, such as pollution from methane, from waste, from global warming and forest fires, from too many jelly-fish to not enough fish ... . All these facets of the same problem can be synthesised in a general concept of 'environmental debt'. Likewise, during the 1970s and 1980s, Italy was not contented to cheerfully accumulate a terrible financial debt, ... it also contributed to deteriorating its own territory, its own air, its own water supplies."
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More from the press review on the subject » Environmental Policy, » Italy
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