Massimo Garavaglia’s candidacy has thrown a spanner in the works of Matteo Salvini’s plan, announced at Pontida, to bring the internal debate to a close whilst pretending to open it up. The party conference and the fate of Via Bellerio

The two winners have helped to bridge a divide that has run through the discipline for decades: that between microeconomics, which studies the choices of individuals and firms, and macroeconomics, which deals with broad aggregates, from national income to inflation  

The two authors, who voted against nuclear power in 1987 before later changing their minds, discuss the global energy landscape and the Italian situation in particular. An unbiased analysis

Eni’s voluntary scheme works because there are those paying upstream; if imposed on everyone, it would hit independent petrol stations

The year 2025 saw an all-time high in international trade in goods, with one major exception: bilateral trade flows between China and the United States

The pact with the populist devil, the shift to the right, federalism and self-government have vanished from the agenda. Salvini has even renounced Bossi’s political influence. And now that it has abandoned the North, the Lega is just another Roman party