Italy’s research and innovation are examined in this article moving from the structure of the country’s economy and innovation system, examining the dynamics of private and public activities and the impact of policies. As a result of the long recession started in 2008, industrial production...

Mobility and migration of researchers in Europe have gained relevance in recent decades. For several years Italy has been recording a growing migration of researchers abroad, which can be estimated at 14,000 people between 2008 and 2019. Various data sources are used here to document the...

Italian Abstract La crisi iniziata nel 2008 ha accelerato il declino dell’industria italiana. Gli strumenti di politica industriale introdotti negli ultimi anni non sono stati in grado finora di sostenere una ripresa della produzione e degli investimenti e di ridurre il gap tecnologico...

Typically, firms change their size through a row of discrete leaps over time. A very basic model allowing for discontinuous growth can be based on a couple of assumptions: (a) in the short run, the firm’s equipment and organization provide the maximum profit only for a given production level,...

In the last ten years, military expenditures of NATO EU countries (according to NATO definitions and data) have increased by almost 50%, from €145 billion in 2014 to a budget forecast of €215 billion in 2023 (measured in constant 2015 prices). In this context, it is important to assess the...

How can radical politics address economic issues and the choice on what is to be produced? In this chapter the relationships between political processes and economic choices are discussed in the light of historical experience and neoliberal policies. The agenda for a new industrial policy is...

Twelve stylized facts on the relationship between technology and employment are proposed in this paper as a summary of current trends, conceptual issues, methodological approaches and research results. They include the following: 1. Technology is shaped by social relations; 2. Technology saves...

How can radical politics address economic issues and the choice on what is to be produced? In this chapter the relationships between political processes and economic choices are discussed in the light of historical experience and neoliberal policies. The agenda for a new industrial policy is...

The evolution of voting in Italy’s general elections from 1994 to 2018 is investigated in this paper at the regional level, exploring the role of inequality, changes in incomes, wealth levels, precarisation of jobs and unemployment. Using a novel regional database combining voting results,...

Europe is facing the twin challenges of addressing climate change and reducing the centre-periphery divergence. The ‘European Green Deal’ of the EU Commission includes larger climate change objectives, but with the same amount of EU resources and no clear vision on how to achieve aims. The...