According to Alec Ross, American technology expert and former Senior Advisor for Innovation during the Obama administration, we need to see this time of crisis as an opportunity to rethink the future of our economy and society
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Estimates by ISMEA (Italy’s service institute for the agricultural and food market) state that by the end of the year the country’s hospitality industry could lose up to 40% of its turnover. This is a very real downturn in the market that is likely to have a serious impact on the future of many city centres.
In the words of the Director of Employment, Labour and Social Affairs at the OECD: To recover from the crisis post Covid, we have to build fairer labour markets and focus on the new generations.
Workers in struggling companies can reduce their working hours and the government will pay most of their salary. Several other countries in Europe are looking at this model to deal with the impact of the Covid-19 crisis
This two-wheeled means of transport has been selected by the Italian government as a symbol of phase 2 in the country’s recovery. Sustainable and low cost, the bicycle is enjoying a revival in Italy. But do you know who invented it and how much good it will do to your wallet and your health? Some of these facts may surprise you.
We spoke with Pierangelo Albini, Director of the employment department at Confindustria (the main association representing manufacturing and service companies in Italy) and Luigi Sbarra, Deputy General Secretary of the CISL (the second largest Italian confederation of trade unions). Here then are the points of view of the Unions and entrepreneurs.
We can only anticipate dangers and overcome fears if we understand that risk has now become the center of life for each and every one of us. A little vocabulary to understand and act
Poet, writer and documentary filmmaker Franco Arminio’s advice Faced with our humanity as it comes to the surface, talking about death and fragility can do us good
He was sworn in as US president on January 20, 2009. After Donald Trump’s victory, the 44th president of the United States now seems to have disappeared from the scene. He appears to be devoting himself to his Obama Foundation, a political training school.
Linda Laura Sabbadini, noted for her work as a social statistician, outlines the difficulties young people have had and are now experiencing in accessing the job market.
Internet and digital technology are changing everything. “We have to redesign the world map of work. And Italy has lots of opportunities to grasp . Let’s hear what the king of cashmere, Brunello Cucinelli, has to say.
The professor of Industrial Economics at Milan Polytechnic clarifies the matter: “The point is to understand whether consumption figures are changing or the demand is shrinking. In the second case, countermeasures must be taken”
Our country should stop selling cars with diesel or petrol engines by 2035 and switch to electric cars. New skills, new professional profiles and more research will be needed
“Psychology and the Good Life”, taught by Laurie Santos at Yale, has become the most popular course in the history of the prestigious American university. Yet there is no shortage of examples in Italy as well
Software developers, engineers and computer scientists will be leading the first phase of creating a virtual reality for avatars. But eventually a detailed world will have to be created, and this will only be possible with architects, designers, mathematicians and many other professional profiles.