Italy
A country of excellent small manufacturers, weak banks, high public debt and slow courts; the political economy and the informal economy explain more about Italian returns than the macro data do.
6 books
Start here
- Good Italy, Bad ItalyBill Emmott, 2012
- GomorrahRoberto Saviano, 2006
- Medici MoneyTim Parks, 2005
Books 6
T2 Medici Money
Tim Parks · 2005 · Renaissance banking, branch networks and the origins of modern finance.
T2 Gomorrah
Roberto Saviano · 2006 · Organised crime as an actual industrial and logistics business.
Alexander Stille · 2006 · Berlusconi, media ownership and the capture of regulation.
Bill Emmott · 2012 · The two Italies framing: competitive exporters against captured incumbents.
Paul Ginsborg · 2001 · Family capitalism, clientelism and the state from 1980.
Tobias Jones · 2003 · Courts, bureaucracy and why contracts are slow to enforce.