Roundup: Monti forms cabinet amid Eurozone pressures
Editor's Note: The following is reprinted with the permission of the Council on Foreign Relations. Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti appointed an emergency cabinet of technical experts (WSJ) drawn...
View ArticleTwo-thirds of Italians disapprove of their leadership
By Anna Manchin, Gallup.com BRUSSELS - Italy's new government will need to restore Italians' confidence in their country's leadership as it steers the nation through its current debt crisis. Gallup...
View ArticleSpence: Can Italy be saved?
Editor's Note: Michael Spence, a Nobel laureate in economics, is author of The Next Convergence. For more, visit Project Syndicate or follow it on Facebook and Twitter. By Michael Spence, Project...
View ArticleZakaria: Four hot spots to watch in 2012
By Fareed Zakaria, CNN At the start of 2012, here are the four countries we all need to watch closely: Italy, Iran, Pakistan and North Korea. Let me explain: Italy: Linchpin of the euro The most...
View ArticleItaly PM: Stronger Europe will emerge from crisis
TIME magazine calls him "the most important man" in Europe: Italy's Prime Minister Mario Monti has been trying to reform Italy and reassure the markets, all while keeping the Germans happy, too. What...
View ArticleShould Germany focus less on austerity and more on reforms?
Editor’s note: Will Marshall is the president and founder of the Progressive Policy Institute. The views in this article are solely those of Will Marshall. By Will Marshall, Special to CNN Despite all...
View ArticleThe World is losing faith in hard work
By Bruce Stokes, Special to CNN Editor’s note: Bruce Stokes is director of Global Economic Attitudes at the Pew Research Center. The views expressed are his own. Add faith in the work ethic and in...
View ArticleItaly in 2013: Will the patient have a relapse?
This is the latest in a series of entries looking at what we can expect in 2013. Each weekday, a guest analyst will look at the key challenges facing a selected country – and what next year might hold...
View ArticleShould we be worried about Italy deadlock?
"Fareed Zakaria GPS," Sundays at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. ET on CNN Fareed speaks with Beppe Severgnini, a columnist with Italy’s ‘Corriere della Sera,’ about last week’s Italian elections and what the...
View ArticleKrugman: Stimulus and reform OK
"Fareed Zakaria GPS," Sundays at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. ET on CNN Last week, Fareed argued in his TIME column that for the next generation of growth, the U.S. “must focus on training and retraining...
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