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Italy’s best — and perhaps only — hope is that the country’s crisis is so desperate, and its realistic alternatives so few, that a nonpartisan leader may be able to overcome the interest-group resistance that has thwarted reform in the past. Certainly, Mr. Monti has no illusions about his challenge. “What we need is a revolution in Italians’ thinking and that takes time,” he has said. Alas, Italy’s time, like its cash, is running out.
Italy’s uphill financial fight, Whashington Post
Campa cavallo che il leader cresce (e la gente muore di fame).
