On April 22, 2018, lecturer and historian Anthony Piccininno discussed the economic rise of Italy and examined the political factors that have helped and hindered its economy in a two-hour lecture held at the Italian Cultural Center in Carmichael, California. Italy is a nation of 61 million people, making it the fourth most populous state in the European Union and the third largest economy in the Eurozone.
In the lecture, Anthony Piccininno explored the effects of recent political, immigration and cultural developments. The lecture began by covering the boom years, a number of movements and events that struck the country, including the 1968 student protests, large strikes by industrial workers during the “Hot Autumn” of 1969, and the global oil crises of 1973 and 1978. It continued with the time period of the late 1960s to the early 1980s, in which growing social and political unrest and terrorism damaged the nation. This period of time culminated in the assassination of Prime Minister Aldo Moro by the Red Brigades in 1978. The lecture ended on a discussion of Italy’s economy today, which relies on manufacturing, tourism, agriculture and “Made in Italy” exports.
Following, are links of the “Contemporary Italy; History & Politics” lecture in the news:
Newsletter of the Italian Cultural Society
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