Opinions

CEOs of Italian listed companies: their pay incentives are out of line, because the processes that evaluate them are often not merit-based. Some very successful companies are famous for doing this right, and can show us ways to align merit and pay in Italy

Italy's electoral law: the current system breeds terrible distortions, but simply turning back the clock is not the answer either. To return legitimately to a majority system requires redesigning electoral districts to increase political competition.

Diversified companies have weathered the 2007-2010 storm fairly well; the next strategic weapon will be to jointly use both financial and synergic logics of management. Since these two systems are generally considered rivals, balancing them is no small task

Old age and the financial problems posed by the increase in life expectancy: we must create a market of instruments indexed to lifetime duration. The problem is understanding who should be the issuer, and how to convince voters to accept risk now for a benefit in the distant future

We build and continuously fine-tune computer forecasting models in the attempt to predict everything from global warming to tomorrow's stock prices. But rather than placing excessive trust in them, we need to learn to use them with a critical sense

A new system for monitoring a criminal scourge is being put in place by the EU, strengthening the poorly enforced norms currently on the European books. Will this be enough to make a dent in Italy's endemic and widely tolerated culture of corruption?