1. Italy Political Economy An Introduction

2. Economic Drivers Economic Growth since WWII -Steel Industry and the rise of Corporations (1946 to the beginning of the 1990s) -Pyramid System of Economy Top Corporations (“Big Business” ) Middle Financial Holding Companies (Relating to the purchase of Insurance) Bottom Banking Companies -(encyclopedia.com)

3. Sources of Significant Economic Growth Comparing Italy to- Greece- Food processing, Textile factories (Paper products in the 1980’s and eventually the metal industry later on) and Tourism France- Farm economy (Agriculture) and is one of the biggest of western European countries Italy- Tourism (Globalizes Italian culture through promotion and the web), Metal and textile manufacturing, Agriculture in southern Italy, Business in North - (internationalliving.com) - (encylopedia.com)

4. Economic Crisis of 2008  An increase of unemployment among the people  There is still discussion of what were the most contributing factors to the crisis, such as something recent such as the European banks losing money (economicshelp.org )  The new Prime Minister and President are left to deal with the effects to this day

5. Economics How the effects of the Crisis represents Democracy( (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-06-16/i-knew-italy-s- economy-was-bad-but-the-truth-may-be-even-grimmerhttp://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-06-16/i-knew-italy-s- economy-was-bad-but-the-truth-may-be-even-grimmer )The slow growth of the economy (What Democracy is not) GDP Below

6. Italy’s Relationship to the International Economy -Italy Exports Various Items for different industries - Food, Clothing, Chemicals, Minerals as well as Automobiles  It in turn imports from other nations and countries these items as well as tobacco and energy products - (internationalliving.com)

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