Mario Pianta is Professor of Economic Policy at Scuola Normale Superiore in Florence and is co-editor of the journal Structural Change and Economic Dynamics. He has been a member of the Centro Linceo Interdisciplinare of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, and has been research fellow at the European University Institute, London School of Economics, Université de Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Columbia University. He has worked on political economy, growth, inequality, innovation, economic and industrial policy in Europe. He is one of the founders of Sbilanciamoci, a civil society campaign on economic alternatives.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Europe’s vote and Italy’s right-wing blocThe space for a populist policy that denies the ‘right-left’ divide has shrunk, confirming that such a project is...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Restive immobility – Melville’s tale of EuropeSeen from the commander’s deck in Brussels, calm is not a bad option after all. Cooptation in power is working...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Lib-pop politics: Italy’s new government is more neoliberal than populistThe fear is that populism, Italian style, has achieved power. But neoliberal policies rule more than ever, tinged...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Fear, loathing and poverty: Italy after the 2018 electionsTwenty years of stagnation and decline mean a generation with ever-lower expectations in terms of income, work and...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?German offensive, Greek resistanceEurope needs Tsipras to pass the agreement in Parliament, where there is a no majority without the bulk of Syriza votes.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?What happens after the Greek voteIf YES wins, Tsipras could lose everything; if NO wins Tsipras could gain nothing. But, in the longer term, YES...