Category: Society
CINA: ITALIA NON HA FORZA USA, LITIGARE E’ DANNO PER LE IMPRESE
How leaders’ speeches impact social distancing behaviour
Regardless of their scientific soundness, COVID-19 recommendations from political leaders such as President Trump are taken seriously by followers. In Brazil, President Bolsonaro has publicly flaunted social distancing measures and downplayed the seriousness of the disease in at least two well-publicised instances. This column analyses the effects of Bolsonaro’s actions and speeches
On Indus News: “Do politicians understand exponential dynamics?”
On Indus News I said that “People in government don’t understand exponential dynamics” and expressed my concern for the tourism, fashion and of course manufacturing.
Prof Geraci on BBC World: “When the EU wants to prove its value, it needs to do something that, countries alone cannot do by themselves”
Prof Geraci on BBC World: “When the EU wants to prove its value, it needs to do something that, countries alone cannot do by themselves”
Meeting with Amazon and Yamato in Japan: Three-pillar strategy of the e-commerce market
To guarantee this technological leap linked to international trade, we need to implement a strategy based on three pillars: 1) digitalisation, 2) the development of digital payment systems and 3) the strengthening of the logistics sector. Without one of these factors, the internationalization of companies cannot be completed, in a world that always gives more room to digital forms of trade, even cross-border.
Italy and Germany: Cooperation on startup global programme
Start-ups should be getting more attention for their contributions to employment. According to Tim Kane (Figure 1), startups create most new net jobs in the US. Between 1977 and 2005 they contributed nearly all the roughly two million to three million new jobs created every year.
On Radioradicale: spread, debt-to-GDP and Chinese Economy
An interview extract for Radioradicale (28 May 2018), in which I talk about issues related to recent Italian politics, spread, debt-to-GDP ratio, and Chinese economy.