Dangers and hopes for our country
On February 19, 2020, the event titled “REASON AND COMMON SENSE. Dangers and hopes for our country” took place today at the Fondazione Corriere della Sera with Ferruccio de Bortoli | Veronica De Romanis | Salvatore Rossi | moderator Daniele Manca
Conferences are one of the main “public” moments of the Fondazione Pesenti, which have featured the participation of the most authoritative representatives from academia, institutions, media, and civil society (from Nobel laureates in economics Stiglitz and Spence, to former governor of the Indian Central Bank Raghuram Rajan, to figures like Alex Zanardi). Since 2018, Fondazione Pesenti has established a prestigious partnership with Fondazione Corriere, aimed at promoting current topics with increasing effectiveness and to a broader audience (not only geographically).
In this meeting, some of the main distinguished witnesses of the great economic and political changes of recent decades engaged in a reflection both personal and civic on the struggles of the country, their remote and recent causes, and the ways to overcome them. A dialogue to learn and understand, addressing issues ranging from the possible decline of the Italian economy to the relationship with Europe—mother or stepmother—from the concept of austerity in public finances to ancient Italian flaws in law, education, competition, finance, from sustainable development to the strengths that the Italian economy nonetheless retains, from the convulsions of our political system to the vicious circle of information. Modest in normal times, exceptional in emergencies: Italy will survive but the future-rich path will belong to aware citizens, not to shouting crowds.
PIERGAETANO MARCHETTI
President of Fondazione Corriere della Sera
President of Fondazione Corriere della Sera since 2004. President of Fondazione Corriere della Sera since 2004. Full professor of Industrial and Commercial Law at the University of Parma and then at Bocconi University in Milan, where he is now professor emeritus. Author of numerous publications on competition law, corporate law, securities markets, industrial law, privatizations, publishing. He was part of the commission that drafted the Consolidated Finance Act and the general reform of corporate law. Also served on the Advisory and Guarantee Committee for privatizations and is a member of the Technical Committee for the Corporate Governance Code of listed companies. A notary, he has been chairman of the board of directors of Rcs MediaGroup, board member of Generali, Bpm, Saipem, and auditor at Mediobanca. Co-author of the book “Europe Despite Everything” (La nave di Teseo, 2019).
CARLO PESENTI
President of Fondazione Pesenti
President of Fondazione Cav. Lav. Carlo Pesenti, dedicated to non-profit projects of social, economic, technological, scientific, and cultural innovation. Since 1999 he has been a member of the Board of Directors of Italmobiliare, an investment holding listed on the Milan Stock Exchange. In 2001 he became General Manager and in May 2014 was appointed CEO. After presiding over the Commission that introduced the Confindustria reform, he is a permanent member of the General Council of the confederation of which he was Vice President (2014-2016). Since 2017, he has been a member of the Advisory Board of Assolombarda. Board member of ISPI. He is Co-President of the Italy-Thailand Business Forum. He is also a board member of Fondazione San Patrignano.
FERRUCCIO DE BORTOLI
Journalist
Ferruccio de Bortoli has been, among other roles, twice director of Corriere della Sera (for which he is an editorialist), director of Sole 24 Ore, editorial director of the Sole 24 Ore Group, CEO of Rcs Libri and Flammarion. He currently chairs the Shoah Memorial Foundation of Milan, the Vidas Association, and Longanesi; he is a board member of the Giorgio Cini Foundation of Venice, the Bambino Gesù Foundation of Rome, and a member of the Aspen Institute Italy and the Spencer and Stuart Advisory Group.
Among his books: Poteri forti (o quasi) (La nave di Teseo, 2017), Ci salveremo (Longanesi, 2019), La ragione e il buonsenso. Conversazione patriottica sull’Italia (Il Mulino, 2020).
VERONICA DE ROMANIS
Economist
Veronica De Romanis, economist, teaches European Economic Policy at Stanford University (The Breyer Center for Overseas Studies) in Florence and at Luiss Guido Carli in Rome. She studied economics at La Sapienza University of Rome and Columbia University in New York. Collaborates with various newspapers and journals on public finance, European integration, international economic policy, labor market issues. Worked in the Ministry of Economy’s Expert Commission on macroeconomics and public finance. Since autumn 2017, member of the Steering Committee of the Italian Public Accounts Observatory at the Catholic University of Milan, directed by Prof. Cottarelli. Author of Metodo Merkel (2009); Caso Germania (2013); and L’austerità fa crescere. Quando il rigore è la soluzione (2017), all published by Marsilio.
SALVATORE ROSSI
President of Telecom Italia
President of Telecom Italia and member of the Strategic Committee. From May 2013 to May 2019, General Director of the Bank of Italy and President of the Institute for Insurance Supervision (IVASS). During these years, part of the Italian delegation at G7 and G20. Currently member of the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) and the Board of the Giovanni Agnelli Foundation. President of the Federation among the Higher Schools Normale, Sant’Anna, and IUSS; professor at LUISS. Graduated in mathematics at the University of Bari, studied economics at the IMF and MIT. Author of numerous articles and books.
DANIELE MANCA
Deputy Director Corriere della Sera
Deputy Director and columnist at Corriere della Sera, where he has worked since 1994. Deep expert on Italy’s economic and political protagonists and events; one of the architects of Corriere della Sera’s digital transformation. Inaugural Fellow of the Sulzberger Program at Columbia University School of Journalism. Worked for major Italian newspapers and magazines (from Mondo Economico of Sole 24 Ore to Panorama, Italia Oggi, Il Giorno). Covered and organized reporting on major Italian economic and political events from the 1986 stock market boom to Mani Pulite, the euro’s birth to Fiat’s bailout and merger with PSA, the European Central Bank, the Maastricht and Lisbon Treaties, the 2008 crisis, to the formation of recent governments. Married to Matilde, father of Michele and Maria Francesca.
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