Opinions

The lack of control and autonomy in one's job activity can harm personal health. New branches of neuroscience are now starting to make scientific connections between the psychological problems of stress and a series of chronic and acute physical ailments

Early retirees are more exposed to degenerative processes affecting analytical capabilities in older age with respect to those who stay in employment. Is the time ripe for rethinking the social taboos associated with staying at the workplace a few years longer?

At the root of the financial crisis, there is a massive balance-of-payments imbalance, which must be addressed. There is symmetry between debtor and creditor countries, so the solution must involve "virtuous" creditors as well as "faulty" debtors

Italian companies are reluctant to invest in people, and when they do, these almost invariably fall in the 30-45 year age bracket. This exacerbates inter-generational tensions, and forces employers to find new ways to valorize workers of all ages

Organized crime increasingly uses legal businesses to pursue its illegal aims, and today's uncertain economic context has opened many new cracks in the system. The mob squeezes through them into the public sector, the financial world and especially into companies

Vietnam is a country full of young, energetic, ambitious people who are releasing the pent-up economic energy accumulated during decades of communist rule. Europeans who want to succeed here need a spirit of adaptability, lots of drive and a strong liver