FESTIVAL ECONOMIA INGLESE 2021
Personal data on the web, social scoring that takes away freedom
In China a social scoring system is underway, gathering data available on digital platforms to be used by the Chinese regime to put its own citizens on blacklists. We need to pay attention to ensure that this instrument is not exported to other countries. The phenomenon was highlighted by...
LeggiPiketty: participatory socialism to win the challenge with China
The challenge for western countries is called China, and the answer to winning such a challenge is the passage to participatory socialism. Thomas Piketty, economist, presented his ideas at the Festival of Economics, during the event entitled “Participatory Socialism vs State Socialism”,...
LeggiCovid, creative destruction and the future of capitalism
Philippe Aghion, an expert in the impact of technology on the employment market, presented his book entitled “The Power of Creative Destruction”, the fruit of long collective research and years of lessons at the College de France, leading to the construction of a model of...
LeggiTowards a health agenda
European health systems have been put under heavy pressure by the pandemic. It is necessary to rethink them if the EU still wishes to call itself the “healthiest area in the world”. In Italy the challenge is to construct a new integrated model, combining proximity and telemedicine, state...
LeggiGentiloni: “Next Generation EU, reforms or no resources”
There are positive expectations for the start of Next Generation EU, the first “euro-bonds” – for 13% of overall resources – which could kick off by the summer. However, the biggest challenge for European Community recovery, and above all for countries such as Italy, will be to...
LeggiThe Nobel laureate Kremer: preparing for future pandemics
Increasing vaccine production capacity by nations to prepare for future pandemics, ensuring a more rapid response in protecting the population and guaranteeing access to vaccines for all countries, including the poorest; Michael Kremer, winner of the 2019 Nobel Prize for Economics, urged the...
LeggiAn increasingly international Festival of Economics
From the very first edition, Trento Festival of Economics has always had a strong international focus, with a large number of speakers from all over the world. The same will also be true this year, when the 16th edition, dedicated to “The Return of the State. Businesses, Communities and...
LeggiHere’s the programme for Trento Festival of Economics
The sixteenth Trento Festival of Economics will kick off on 3 June, the second edition to be held in the era of the pandemic. COVID-19 has radically changed the economic, social, political and cultural framework in which we all live. In this new context the state has regained a primary role...
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