Pretorian wrote:There are no socialist countries. So how do you know that?
Serial_Worrier wrote:This is what you get in socialist countries - constant shortages of fuel and food.
Serial_Worrier wrote:Pretorian wrote:There are no socialist countries. So how do you know that?
What % of industries are government owned in Italy/Spain/France?
Pretorian wrote:Serial_Worrier wrote:Pretorian wrote:There are no socialist countries. So how do you know that?
What % of industries are government owned in Italy/Spain/France?
I don't know, and it's irrelevant. Socialism defines not by presence of state-owned industries, but by absence of private ones.
Serial_Worrier wrote:Pretorian wrote:Serial_Worrier wrote:Pretorian wrote:There are no socialist countries. So how do you know that?
What % of industries are government owned in Italy/Spain/France?
I don't know, and it's irrelevant. Socialism defines not by presence of state-owned industries, but by absence of private ones.
We're talking about a relative scale. There is 100% socialism in North Korea and less so in Europe, even less in America. Where is the correct place to be?
Serial_Worrier wrote:This is what you get in socialist countries - constant shortages of fuel and food.
alokin wrote: And most countries have an insurance system for healthcare, that means you pay a percentage of your salary. Better than beeing indepted when you have to go to hospital.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17738670
Car sales in Italy were down 26.7% in March compared with a year earlier, leading the falls in European car sales.
Registrations across the EU were down 7.0% to their lowest March level since 1998, according to an Association of European Automakers (ACEA) report.
March is traditionally the strongest month for car sales across the 27-nation bloc.
Italy is currently in the throes of an economic crisis, along with other countries within Europe. This crisis has spurred change in the country, much of which has been directed at its political and economic structures and paradigms. The crisis has also sparked a change in the mindset of the government, leading Italy to consider alternative energy as an economic and political issue rather than one solely about the environment. Now, the government is looking to introduce a number of new laws and regulations that could help alternative energy play a bigger role in the country’s future.
This week, Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti introduced several proposals that are considered to be pro-alternative energy. The Prime Minister has unveiled plans to introduce a carbon tax, which would have the country’s businesses pay for the emissions they produce every year. The proceeds from the tax would go toward funding alternative energy projects and developing new energy systems. These systems would, in turn, help the country cut ties with fossil-fuels and foreign sources of energy, thereby lowering costs and alleviating stress on the Italian economy.
The Prime Minister also revealed tentative plans for a solar energy feed-in tariff similar to ones seen in Germany and the U.S. Italy is already home to a robust solar energy market, but the government believes that this market could grow at an exponential rate if citizens were encouraged to adopt solar power. The feed-in tariff would reward Italians for installing solar energy systems in their homes. Surplus electricity generated by these systems would be sold to the government, which could serve to stimulate the economy and cut energy costs and consumption significantly.
theguardian.com wrote:Forget Brexit, Quitaly is Europe's next worry
Larry Elliott
First it was Grexit, then it was Brexit. Now the looming threat for Europe is Quitaly, the fear that Italy might decide it has had enough of the single currency and go back to the lira.
Put simply, Italy’s economy is floundering and has been for the past two decades during which time there has been virtually no growth and Italian goods have become less and less competitive in export markets.....
Matteo Renzi’s centre left government loses power and is replaced by the Five Star Movement, which has pledged to hold a referendum on leaving the euro. Given the state of the economy, Quitaly could not be ruled out. If it happened, the single currency would collapse.
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