Meritocracy, Growth, and Lessons from Italy's Economic Decline: Lobbies (and Ideologies) Against Competition and Talent

Codogno, Lorenzo; Galli, Giampaolo

ISBN 10: 019286680X / ISBN 13: 9780192866806

Published by Oxford University Press, 2022

Dark blue hardback with gilt lettered spine, complete with original dustjacket. In new condition: firm and square with strong joints, no bumps, no rubs. Contents are crisp, tight and clean; no pen-marks. Thus a very nice copy that looks and feels unread, now offered for sale at a very reasonable price. Seller Inventory # 205032

Synopsis:

Italy's recent economic decline presents many lessons on the importance of meritocracy for economic growth. Connections, rather than merit, are a long-standing feature of the Italian elites. This book uses international comparisons on social capital, governance, education, corporate standards, and more to evaluate Italy's economic performance.

About the Author: Lorenzo Codogno, Visiting Professor in Practice, London School of Economics and Political Science,Giampaolo Galli, Visiting Professor in Economics, Università Cattolica

Lorenzo Codogno is a Visiting Professor in Practice at the London School of Economics and Political Science, Visiting Professor at the College of Europe, Bruges, and Senior Fellow at the LUISS School of European Political Economy, Rome. He is also founder and chief economist of Lorenzo Codogno Macro Advisors Ltd. He was chief economist and director-general at the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance 2006-2015. He joined the Ministry from Bank of America, where he was managing director, senior economist, and co-head of European Economics, based in London over the previous eleven years.

Giampaolo Galli is a senior fellow of the Observatory on Italian Public Accounts at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, where he teaches Macroeconomics. He is also senior fellow of LUISS School of European Political Economy. From 1979 to 1995 he worked at the Research Department of the Bank of Italy; he then became chief economist and general director of the Confederation of Italian Industry. From 2001 to 2009 he was general director of the Association of Insurance Companies. In 2013 he was elected a member of the Italian Parliament (independent in the lists of the Democratic Party). He has been a consultant to the President of the European Commission and to the Economic and Monetary Committee of the European Parliament.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Meritocracy, Growth, and Lessons from ...
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Date: 2022
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New
Dust Jacket Condition: New
Edition: First Edition.