The future is not America but China
On knowledge, innovations, skills, manufacturing industry, US debt and rare earths, China definitely holds more ‘cards’ than the US
The unstoppable decline of Italian extra virgin olive oil: last in investment and trade
42% of Italian farms have less than two hectares of olive groves, which means that slightly less than half of all olive farms are engaged in hobby or self-consumption production.
Tunisia and Libya are key in countering immigration whose route is under Russian control
agriculture, migrants and oil are the stakes
The best packaged ice creams: the supermarket croissants ranking
The inventor of the ‘walking’ ice cream was Italo Marchioni, a native of the province of Belluno and resident of New York, who invented a wafer that could hold ice cream on 13 December 1903
Syria: How Europe found itself alone and weak in the face of Russia
With Syria, Obama’s renunciation marked a turning point in American policy: from now on, the US will no longer intervene unless its security interests are directly at stake
Press freedom in Italy is increasingly ‘problematic’ (also in the European hybrid war against Russia)
Let us remember: correct information, freedom of the press, coincide with democracy, and ultimately with our freedom in the broadest sense
Coldiretti pasta
There is a big difference between protecting farmers, through, for example, limiting unfair practices, and producing ‘some pasta’
Why Africa is crucial for Europe but also for the United States
The most important reasons why the US should be interested in Africa are: rare earths and metals. But also the demographic explosion (in 2050 there will be 2.5 billion Africans) which intersects with Islamic fundamentalism. Russia and China are taking advantage of the Trump administration’s mistakes
Chronicle of a trip to Chad, a fascinating and strategic country
Mahamat Idriss Déby unilaterally broke the military cooperation agreements with France in November 2024, deemed “obsolete” and “outdated” – precipitating, in January, the departure of a thousand soldiers from the last anchorage point of the anti-jihadist operation “Barkhane”, which was halted at the end of November 2022 : the country preferred the Russian orbit to French influence
Unfair Practices : The failure of regulation
Penalties for unfair practices in 2023-2024 amount to only 665,000 euros against estimated damages of at least 350 million annually. in essence on prices and unfair practices the ‘dolce far niente’ of Italian politics continues. Remember this when you see the next tractors in the square or when you hear about the sad affairs of groups like Auchan, Casino, Carrefour Italia and others
E-commerce giant JD.com acquires the Media World network (with Fnac- Darty and Unieuro)
“…more than antitrust, I see geopolitics as the main issue here: controlling not only production but also distribution in Europe is a strategic issue…”
USA: why Publix is a unique phenomenon
Publix has done so well, with much higher margins than all competitors, because it has a strong and enduring culture built in part on share ownership
