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• Case | HBS Case Collection | November 2018 (Revised June 2019)

  The Rise of Populism and Italy's Electoral 'Tsunami'

  Rawi Abdelal, Dante Roscini and Elena Corsi

  Italy’s March 2018 elections led to a populist government that included the right-wing League and the anti-establishment 5 Star Movement. To respect their electoral promises, the two parties came up with a budget plan that provided for a public deficit at 2.4%, a figure higher than what the previous administration had promised the EU Commission. On October 23, 2018, the EU Commission rejected the plan asking Italy to revise downwards the public deficit. The same day, Italian bond yields spoke to 4-year highs, up to 3.7% as investors questioned Italy’s capacity to repay its public long-term debt, the second highest in the EU. Would the Italian government be able to implement its plan?

  Keywords: globalized economies; unemployment; extremism; Political Elections; Immigration; Poverty; Social Issues; Government and Politics; Financial Condition; Financial Markets; Italy;

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  Abdelal, Rawi, Dante Roscini, and Elena Corsi. "The Rise of Populism and Italy's Electoral 'Tsunami'." Harvard Business School Case 719-042, November 2018. (Revised June 2019.)  View Details

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• Article | Harvard Business School Working Knowledge | December 11, 2018

  Free Trade Needs Nurturing—and Other Lessons from History

  Sophus A. Reinert and Dante Roscini

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  Reinert, Sophus A., and Dante Roscini. "Free Trade Needs Nurturing—and Other Lessons from History." Harvard Business School Working Knowledge (December 11, 2018).  View Details

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• Conference Presentation | 30 Nov 2018

  Global Macroeconomic Scenarios

  Dante Roscini

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  Roscini, Dante. "Global Macroeconomic Scenarios." Paper presented at the Conference of the Italian Banking Foundations, Venice, Italy, November 30, 2018.  View Details

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