Why Italy’s Economy is Doing Surprisingly Well
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Italy, once Europe's economic underdog, is now seeing a turnaround with improved post-pandemic growth and lower inflation compared to its neighbors. In this video, we explore the reasons behind Italy's surprising economic resilience and its future outlook.
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As an Italian, i think the correct title would be: "Why Italy's economy is not sinking as fast as others european economies".
this
esattamente
As an Italian me too .
She is good leader....
As a Ferengi, I disapprove of clothed females.
As an Italian, I had to read the title twice to make sure I wasn't deluding.
Slava 🍕
You always complain 😁
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😂😂😂😂uguale…..
Is the headline true or false?
I live in Italy, but after seeing this video I think I live in another country
if you need a video your case is serious-video
@@carlogambacurta548 I think you did not get my point. Nevermind
@@MauroBenjaminMistretta sorry.i could be wrong.have nice ester, greetings.
Go , Mauro, go
I got it, and I agree😂😂😂😂
As I am Italian, I confirm life is great here, if you have money and you don't need to work in Italy.
Come possiamo avere soldi senza lavorare?
Politica
@@diamantkafexholli7858 Basta essere nato da una famiglia già ricca che ti mantiene e che poi ti lascia pure una bella eredità.
"This comment was written by the child of a rich family"
@@ManuelRiccobonohe ment working abroad as an expat
The reason why our economy is resilient is that we are used to crisis.
To the world the pandemic was a crisis, to us it was bad tuesday.
Fax
😂
It feel like that episodes of the Simpsons were they Say to Mr Burns that he Is Immortal because he has all the know illness known to man XD
The reason Italy's economy is growing is because it was so small before there's nowhere to go but up. It's like Italy's a dirty disgusting crack addict that couldn't sink any lower.
the pandemic was quite bad in Italy. many people died. but okay ... it's true that at some point people are used to crisis
Italy is like that one history matters joke
“You can’t enter a crisis if you never left one”
Love this
As an Italian let me say: esatto!
We're the best
@@lucadesanctis563 I'm enjoying the irony of that remark.
tell that to argentina
I'm italian. Thank you for showing me clearly that economic statistics are nothing about the well being of the population
In Italia non si vive male come crediamo… o meglio, ci sono tanti problemi e tante opportunità sprecate ma la qualità di vita è al di sopra della stragrande maggioranza dei paesi non comunitari. Ma spesso lo dimentichiamo presi giustamente dai nostri problemi
Distribution of wealth is crucial to assure that the population can actually benefit from the country`s wealth, because that wealth exists somewhere, it just isn`t in the people`s hands
@@marcodegiovanni3696 se per paesi non comunitari si parla di paesi in sviluppo de secondo o terzo
Mondo, grazie al ca***! Ma già se parliamo di Australia, Canada, Nuova Zelanda, tutti i paesi del Nord Europa, ed altri, allora no per niente.
@@marcodegiovanni3696 Hai detto bene, non comunitari. Perché di base siamo messi meglio dei paesi in via di sviluppo, ma comparati a qualsiasi stato sviluppato siamo forse l'anello mancante
@@marcodegiovanni3696, perché specifichi "non comunitari"??
È migliore della stragrande maggioranza dei Paesi al mondo, compresa la maggioranza dei Paesi "comunitari".
È incredibile come anche moltissimi votanti della Meloni siano totalmente obnubilati mentalmente dalla propaganda esterofila ricolma di complessi d'inferiorità basati su nulla di concreto.
È pazzesco che non abbiate una differenza sostanziale in materia economica (e di narrazione economica) rispetto al PD
I live in Italy,It seems like this video is talking about a miracle noone is aware of.
I like it how everyone but the italians is "woww, good job, Italy, well done, keep it up, mate!" While all the italians are "good economy? You must be kidding, we haven't had that since the Renaissance."
Italian must be educate to love a bit themself. Some of them still have issue about selfconfidence. Probably it is still the consequence of WW2.
@@EG-xv3wdman we don't need any education about anythinf. You simply don't know what you are thinking about! Our salaries are the same since 1990. Point. End of discussion.
Talking about*
@@mtt934 Your living standard is istill very high maybe not counting the south. You are one of the richest countries with a great qualitiy of life whether you like it or not. (I bet you do like it 😉)
as italian, i confirm that 100/100. I'm just thinking "is the same italy i live in that the video is talking about?"
Problem is, data is good but we're still in the same crap. Wages still stagnating, for instance. Who cares about the economy if rent is unaffordable and having children is financially impossible?
It was my same point... economy might be doing good, but it's so because profits are going up while leaving workers behind
True. But look on the bright side: its is even worse in the UK 🤷♂️🤷
Because in reality the economy is NOT doing well. This video is heavily incorrect
Italy will never be able to solve those problems until it goes back to its soverign currency. A country that cannot print it's own money will alays struggle to come close to full employment
@@giuseppearleo6324the economy is doing better than other Europeans.... The problem is that the others are doing very badly. 😅
Italian here. My reaction when I read the title: "wait, what?"
Ma infatti, che si son fumati?
Quando sei privilegiato e non sai di esserlo praticamente
Italy took to heart "hard times make strong people, easy times make weak people"
and decided to get stuck on hard mode and softlock it.
This is exactly right. Italy is a stagnant country and the people don't want it to change because they're fine with being stuck in the past.
@@BruttiF27 oh no no, let me clarify this, Italians do not want shit to stay the same, ask any Italian and the greatest majority fucking hate Italy and its problems and want a change.
most of them will complain (and suffer thrught)
- Bad Salary
- "lavorare in nero"
which are no contract jobs, which don't pay for retirement, and its the most common job for teenagers and people under 30
- bad work place standards
- awful roads
- anything Bureaucratic will take multiple tries and a long time (anything that has to do with documents, bills, law, etc...)
- and some other stuff
most people believe change doesn't happen because of politician, some say its the people that don't rebel enough.
I don't inform my self enough to have a valid opinion.
@@BruttiF27 except for the ones who have to go abroad
Italian: no dont give me hope
ahahhaha true
We always like to see ourselves as Mariottide, if you know the character... 😂😂
@@LucManzoni no non capisco!mi puo spiegare?vorrei divertirmi pure io...grazie e buona serata.
@@carlogambacurta548 Mariottide è un personaggio inventato da Maccio Capatonda, poverissimo e sfigatissimo. Molti italiani si vedono così anche se sono più benestanti dell'80% della popolazione mondiale.
@@carlogambacurta548 è un personaggio ideato e impersonato dal comico Maccio Capatonda. Mariottide passa la vita a piangersi addosso. La serie "Casa Mariottide" si trova anche su youtube se ti incuriosisce.
There's an economic boom here in Italy? Well, that will be a news for basically every Italian or a person living here. I'm going out to spread the good news...
The same way that talks about a crisis can actually cause a crisis, maybe if you talk how good things are, people start spending, and thus the economy improves 🤷♂
Remember this is in comparison to other European countries. So things might feel bad in Italy ... it just that things feel even worse in other countries 🤠👍
@@zenitkov That is always a temporary phenomenon. Eventually, the anti-immigration policies, coupled with Italy being the oldest country by age in Europe, will catch up to bite them on the arse. Yeah, I know there are a bunch of policies aimed at getting Italians to have more kids, but they rarely work sufficiently enough to avoid the need for immigration.
Is not a news for me at all, but the problem is that Italy is doing better in comparison..... Which just means the others are doing even worse. 😭
Then the bias of believing the economy is doing well when your side is ruling and bad when the others are ruling is pretty standard....
@@justagame101 Italy has 50% women employment....... And 70% men employment.....and high unemployment... There is a long way before we run out of workers 🤡 it's incredible how leftist are literally doing the opposite of the interests of workers in modern days and are worried about wage inflation 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤣🤣🤣🤣
for comprehending the strength of Italy it is necessary to see the industrial production in Europe by country (% of total value of sold production in EU 2022):
1) Germany 26%
2) Italy 19%
3) France 11%
4) Spain 8%
5) Poland 6%
6) Netherlands 4%
Italy is still the second most industrialized country in Europe and the seventh in the world.
In northern Italy there are still Towns with more factories than inhabitants.
Italy is a great country with lots of problems (of course) but its economy is huge.
Economy isn't huge at all. A normal Italian doesn't earn more than 1400 euro after taxes. Rent is 750 euro, car petrol is at least 150 euro, groceries are 300 euro, bills are 250 euro. Where do you see the boom? This channel just throws lies
@@damurichanneleconomy does not equal welfare, that's why life in US is inferior in quality to most of EU countries despite being the first economy in the world. That's why what the guy above said is correct, he was talking about economy not quality of life and welfare, these are 2 different things. And that's why nobody likes GDP as an indicator of a country's health.
@lelestuff agreed, GDP is useless. GDP per capita should be the indicator
@@lelestuffthat is correct but being in Italy right now means 1 out of 2 people have trouble meeting the end of the month. Employees and retired are starting stealing few euros values of food in order to be able to survive. This is the reality that only shows in a deep understanding of the data: rich are even more rich, poor are even more poor.
underpay workers isn't "huge economy"
As an American our economy is like a flailing fish, fighting for its life. The normal state of the U.S. economy is actually very bad. Because of this it goes into convulsive spasms fighting to grow any way it can out of desperation. Tricks, gimmicks, rule changes try to stimulate the economy and prevent it from falling but they only bring temporary relief to people since, when you factor in inflation we are declining.
People believe their currency has the worth it does because they have no other option. Even in a hyperinflationary environment, individuals must continue to use their hyperinflationary currency since they likely have minimal access to other currencies or gold/silver coins.
Inflation is gradually going to become part of us and due to that fact any money you keep in cash or in a low-interest account declines in value each year. Investing is the only way to make your money grow and unless you have an exceptionally high income, investing is the only way most people will ever have enough money to retire.
I've tried investing in the stock market several times but always got discouraged by fluctuations of stock value. I would be happy if you could advise me based on how you went about yours, as I am ready to go the passive income path.!!
‘Amber Dawn Brummit’ is the licensed advisor I use. Just research the name. You’d find necessary details to work with a correspondence to set up an appointment.
Thank you for the lead. I searched her up, and I have sent her an email. I hope she gets back to me soon.
I'm Italian, and I see no sign of economic growth around me. It's the same low salaries + increased prizes binomial that has always been since the 80s.
Perché la loro analisi è fallace. Come tutti i capitalisti, guardano solo al GDP che aumenta anche se la povertà aumenta e la gente non riesce più a campare. Il GDP serve ai politici, gli economisti e gli imprenditori per darsi le pacche sulle spalle e stringersi le mani a vicenda quando i loro portafogli si ingrossano a discapito del benessere comune.
the improvement mentioned in the video is compared to European countries and Italy's previous years in the eurozone, there has been a change of pace, this doesn't mean we are fine, it's just a clear change that's all.
Heavily depends on what you do. European funds boosted all the energy and infrastructures sector and we're living in a bubble. Same with the building sector. I know many people who earn better now, but it's mostly engineers and other technical figures.
@@elenabaldi5299 European funds have not grown anything for 30 years of the EU.
I would really let them lose the funds , but you are right to say that we live in a bubble, those who get rich do so at the expense of others and not from opportunities that fall from the sky, more that a bubble is a cage the EU.
@@jacklemonfizz6898 as an italian living in Italy since many decades i can guarantee that all we see here is a dreadful inflation that pairs low salaries and pensions so that the economy of this country looks like one amongst the balcans.Whoever does not see this clear evidence is faking reality
Italy is the only large European country where salaries have declined in the last 5 years. So *who* is doing well? A few corporations?
even less
And many rich. People ban kers
Politocians mafiosi and delinquents
Italian élite
The economy is improving because workers get payd the same or less while the cost of living increases
I came to Italy from the UK in 1970 and initially thought that next week everything was going to collapse. After a year I thought maybe next month it's going to collapse, After two years I realised that as a Brit I knew absolutely nothing about the very specific Italian "arte di arrangiarsi", which is not the mere ability "to make do" but truly "to think out of the box" and eventually to find a solution to any problem. A country that has basically no real raw materials except for Carrerra marble but still has a very constant positive balance of payments, i.e. exports higher than imports, and also manages to give most of its 60 million plus citizens a very decent standard of living, excellent health care, good social services, protective labour legislation and worker's rights, first class transport systems, good social services and a pretty acceptable general life style must be doing something right and after all these years I really have given up worrying about Italy's future.
We need these words
Thank you sir
The day Italians will realize that we could improve our economy by programming things, reducing the bureaucracy and the laws in other words becoming more "Deutschland" people, probably, we will become the more rich country of the planet but hey we are what we are and in the end we like to be Italian and not "Deutschland"... And you are right about l'arte di arrangiarsi, there is always a way, so just relax and enjoy life. 8 )
Grazie ❤
Tell me you live in northern italy without telling me you live in northern italy lmao
Meanwhile my grandpa can't access his heart medication because the mafia runs the small moutain village and the pharmarcist decided it wasn't worth the risk to stay there.
mafia doesn't "run small mountain villages", keep living in your fantasy world with defaming racist stereotypes against the Italians that you have never met nor seen in your life!@@garak55
Non-italian people don't understand that "returning to what was before the pandemic" is not a great achievement. Italy has been in an economic crisis since 2008, so we still havent exited it
non italian people are very many......
Totally right
but of course, you don't realize that the Italian economy is in crisis since the country entered the Euro... we can't challenge the lies promoted by the Euro-fascist project, isnt it??
It’s atleast something
Wow first time in my life, that I hear these words in that order. Good job, Italy!
they really couldnt go much lower without total collapse
Honestly, I was expecting the current populists in Italy to just be making promises they can't keep to win their election but hey y'know so far they've been one of their best Governments in the last couple of decades
sono italiano. la nostra economia sta crescendo così tanto? non me ne ero accorto . forse perché è falso. la gente adesso è più povera di prima
in which order did you hear them before?
Not electing socialists certainly helps.
You merely adopted the crisis. We were born into it, moulded by it.
Slava PIZZA🍕
and then you roae through the ashes like a broght phoenix bird on her mission of greatness!!🎉
Stop beating yourself. Go and travel and see what a real crisis is ...
the true italian experience
As a Brazilian and Italian guy, I just can to say that I am a professional on this.
It's been fantastic since Apr.'23 when i finally started working. I am singlehandedly rising an italian's economy. Mine, to be precise.
Italians have a couple of good traits: they're adaptable (they're amongst the best integrated immigrants all around the world) and they perform really well during and right after a big crisis, cause the thing that matters the most to them is going back to the standard of living they had before (or improving it) that's why we did so well after WWII
I would also add that Italians are hard working despite the cliche saying they live "Dolce Vita", nice and relax life. I worked with some of them and their work ethic was the same as my fellow Dutch people.
Thank you, I finally feel a bit recognised
Spread the word fella
Not when it comes to paying taxes❤
@@SandroAntonucci87 italians expecially northerners are hard workers the problem is that the sense of community is non existent: the only thing that matters is me, my things and my family point. 🤣🤣
@@Mark-gd2ti my house, my car and my food, nothing else matters 💅
I live in italy and nobody notices we are doing "well". Also, the superbonus was a massive scam that we will have to repay in the future
Debt to gdp decreased....
Yes, and for example the average regional train ticket went up 20% in price.
The title is a bit clickbaity but I would say they're not really saying that you're doing well. Just that you're doing better than the rest of Europe right now. And I don't see how you could deny that if you look at Germany, the UK or Sweden.
Like the video points out, borrowing costs vary based on a variety of factors. It's less of an issue that Italy borrowed a lot in the 80s and more that that debt was very expensive. Nowadays, Italian debt is cheap(er) which makes borrowing a lot more sensible. Biggest issue in Italy are low salaries, IMO, and low purchasing power that comes with that.
The superbonus is one of the reasons Italy has been doing relatively well in the post-pandemic
i'm italian. It's not a boom. It's a really slow growth and the italians are not seeing the difference.
Actually our debt to gdp now is 137%, it peaked at 156%. In 3 years we've reduced it by 19 points, actually in the same years the French one rose to 113%. If we continue on this path it's just a matter of years and the italian debt won't be a problem anymore, and yes it's more sustintable than the french one, excluding post covid years we've run budget surpluses since 1997.
The funny thing is that just a few days ago, on r/Italy I saw a post that linked to all sorts of video essays that explained how “Italy is declining” so I am glad to see there are also good news for us
Many country subreddits tend to have a left leaning bias. Dont think r/Italy would be a fan of Meloni
It is the same for Polish reddits, you can find only negative news there about your country. Then I go to youtube and find videos like these praising us and telling we are on the rise.
@@navinthehouse4710country subreddits tend to have a right wing bias.
@@navinthehouse4710 yeah I noticed that too. Right wingers (especially far right) on Reddit seem to be everywhere excepts on groups like those (where you would expect to find the most)
@@alex30425Not from my experience
To all the Italians unable to stomach one piece of good information on our country …. This “boom” is obviously not like the 80’s, it simply means we have emerged from the pandemic in a much better position than other major economies. Are our people still suffering? Yes, we had over a decade of intense austerity forced upon us. But is our economy finally going in a somewhat good direction? Yes. Will it take time to finally start trickling to every corner of our country? Yes.
Of course Italians first to rush and say it’s not true lol
As an expat living in Spain, it was quite an unexpected surprise watching this video while being on the way to Rome (I'm visiting my family while I'm being off-duty).
weird how this video fails to mention italy as the biggest beneficiary of post pandemic EU recovery fund... 69 billion euros in grants and 122 Bs il cheap loans
@@St0rrrm thought the same. Then again most of the reason for this unexpected growth has little do with those funds. Due to classic political holdups, and lack of labor, only 40% of the funds received so far have been used. Most of the funds used are also on projects or infrastructure that can take a year or two to manifest economic gains.
@@St0rrrmItaly run annually a budget of 1 trillion dollars...... 69 billions over several years with severe restrictions aren't exactly what save the country...... And after Italy was a net contributor for decades.....
@@St0rrrm our incompetent Minister cant even spend those lol. Dont worry, they wont be wasted. Also, we are on those paying more in Europe, so dont complain
As an officer of a large federal bank recently said, "people complain of the cost of eggs, then go out and buy a new car."
Everyone needs more than their salary to be financial stable. The best thing to do with your money is to invest it rightly, because money left for saving always end up used with no returns.
Financially ignorant ahh advice 🗿 if your wages only make you able to save a couple hundred bucks per month, even investing it in index founds won't make any difference at all
i have no car nor tv and am very happy without. i have a computer because obliged and i hate it....
tell them to drive an egg.
Ricordamelo, quando la prossima datrice di lavoro non mi assume perché non ho i soldi per una macchina che mi consenta di arrivare in orario al lavoro, di fagli la spesa, di portare il c* dei suoi figli ovunque nel circondario a fare qualsiasi attività che non sia stare in mezzo alle balle dei genitori. no, ricordamelo proprio. Ah, qui le uova stanno a 2 euro e 50 per la confezione da 6. Un' auto non lo so perché è dal 2002 che non me ne posso permettere neanche una usata. Perché per una nuova ti chiedono busta paga a tempo indeterminato per accendere un prestito. E io col mio avrei forse un frigorifero nuovo, a rate. Ma forse.
1. italians are home owners at 90 % , and 70% has no mortgage.
2. italians are really hard workers, 9 hours/day.
3. italians are brilliant manufacters espacialy in machine buildings.
4. italians are super brilliant in costructions
5. italians are very very creative in the production process.
6. they have a very long story in production of super foods and clothes.
7. they are very brave in the tourism sector.
8. the new government finally is trying to stop the burocratic behaver of comunist government that stayed in power for 10 years.
9. italy state aparatus is very strong, and long standing. the change of governments doesn have much efect on the admistration.
in my country, Latvia, people are working 12-14 hours a day, and it seems as normal, and they still barely have enough to pay rents/food
but Italian are cowards, in Swiss all, especially from the south, are criticizing their country to gain our sympathy! here real news, google it, from International Trade Administration report 01.2024= In 2022, robot installations in Italy reached a new record, a 6.5% increase over 2021, with 12,432 new installations. Imports made up 90% of purchases and increased by 7.3%. 81% of the new installations were of articulated robots (the most versatile), an 8.7% increase. Installations of SCARA robots (versatile range of motion but with a fixed vertical axis) grew by 2.5%, while those of cartesian robots (linear motion) fell 6.9%. The main applications are for manipulation, assembly, welding, soldering, and cutting.
To call Italy an 'economic basket case' is totally ridiculous. Even with its considerable flaws, Italy remains a leading industrial and agricultural power. It has a very strong brand abroad ('made in Italy'). Public debt is high, but private debt is extremely low. It is the eighth economy and fifth most visited country in the world. I could go on.
That said, as an Italian, I am rather astonished to know that we are 'doing surprisingly well.' Industrial production has been declining for two consecutive quarters. We have ridiculous wages and the government is dismantling what little was left of welfare in favor of the private sector. They have also set out to partially privatize some particularly profitable public companies. NOTHING is being done against tax evasion, quite the contrary. The housing market is in free fall, partly because it is so expensive to borrow money. Unemployment has fallen, but also because many of the people who were looking for a job either went abroad or gave up looking for one in Italy altogether, dropping out of the count of "unemployed" (those looking for a job). As for the increase in GDP, it is almost exclusively due to the 'superbonus,' a strong economic stimulus (I would say Keynesian) measure that has just been sharply scaled back. Finally, the economic subsidy for the poorest has been almost totally abolished.
Grazie, TLDR channel really dropped the ball on this one.
Imagine if we had competent politicians.. we'd smoking France and the UK in a blink of an eye
That sounds horrible 😞
So if there’s no welfare people with no jobs will literally just die if they can’t make money? 💰
@@jonyfrany1319 It sounds horrible just because this guy has clearly voted for those stupid low tier socialists called 5 Star Movement and is angry because they didn't win and now he's spreading bullshit through youtube comments
It is better to live in a country in crisis that is among the G7 than to live in a country without a crisis but in 136th place in GDP.
Yes I'm living in Italy.....I agree.
Right now Italy is really really doing well.
There's employment and jobs and the pay is one of the best at the moment. I'd pretty much say Italy's economy is one of the best in all of Europe right now. I feel it.
Nice video, very informative!
As an Italian this almosy feels wrong XD🇮🇹
I'm so used to everyone (italians include) joking about Italy situation that Is strange when someone alse Say that thing are going better 😅
Self-fulfilling prophecy I guess.
They’re really not, rent is still going up, wages are not
I agree, I am having a hard time believing this news
Technically correct news
The country itself is doing better
It just does not translate equally (or at all) for the average citizen
I believe the Italian situation is probably the Same as in Portugal who is also doing very well right now. The companies across the economy where very leveradged, unlike our northern peers the Italian banks and Portuguese banks, because of the issues of 10 years ago have been strenthening their balance sheets, hence why they grew less than their northern European peers. But now there is a gigantic amount of liquidity, in Portugal 40% of all deposits isnt being used to transform into Credit. Also the The EU covid funds, they help a lot, Italy was the biggest beneficiar followed by Spain(Portugal also got a lot and Spain is next door so better economy there benefits here).
Meloni has been quite a surprising politician. We all thought she would be a Salvini 2.0 but she has been much more moderate than Salvini or Berlusconi, very pro-EU and actually quite competent. I like that.
Isn't she evil ""far"" right?
she sucks as every politician in our government. She used to bark like a dog against EU and USA when she wasn't ruling the country, expecially during the pandemic, but now she has become a US puppet like no one else before,leaving the country in a terrible situation. From outside it looks everything fine, but from our point of view, she's not surpring anyone. We knew these fascist wouldn't have ruled for the sake of italians, but only to preserve US interests in Italy. For them is more important to cut taxes to the riches to make the poor citizens even poorer than before. Every good news about her is a lie. We are a third-world country.
@@kenpe1455 She doesn't seem to be very far right though, unlike Orbán or the guys from AfD. Salvini and Berlusconi clearly were.
@@diogorodrigues747 Berlusconi Far right??? 😂😂😂 Ok 😂
@@kenpe1455same way far left is.... And who decide they are "far" right? In Italy they are called the cente right coalition...... Only foreign media want to scare people.
The same media that has no problems covering the worst crimes when they are done by their side and condemning democracy when it doesn't end the way they like it.
The funniest thing is that even italy may be having an economic boom, as an italian living in italy i’m assuring you our salaries and chances to live better are not that boom (actually we have the same/lower salaries than 2019)
That's exactly the reason why economy is going well, we are working hard for less.
@@FefyGTNo. It’s because the government doesn’t prioritize migrants and jobless people anymore
Well done Italy from Aistralia 👏👏
Well done Italy! from Poland
Italy and Poland , both recipients of billion s of euros from the EU / EUSSR , and people wonder why their economies are doing well. 🤷♂️🤦♂️
@@howardneil8164 Actually Italy was a net contributor until 2021, now some of the money is coming back.
Thank you !!!
🇮🇹🤝🇵🇱
@@howardneil8164 Italy is the 3rd largest net contributor until 2021
I’m Italian and let me tell you, everything, including a country’s fortunes, goes through a cycle. Italy has many problems, but also many assets. I would say Italy’s biggest problem is demographics. Italians are not having enough babies.
Italy is right by Algeria and has been able to keep up with demand by increasing imports from us, Italy also had a warm winter which allowed it to lower expected energy demand thus shrinking inflation.
Italy has also received hundreds of billions of euros in handouts from the Eu
@@howardneil8164 yeah, so?
@@howardneil8164the government doesn't even know how to use those 😂😂 you cannot just put them were you want you know..... And anyway the Italian government run a budget around 1 trillion each year...... The EU recovery found over several years with projects that mostly still have to start is very little actually.
Well Italy is paying for that..... Is not like Algeria is giving free stuff to anyone..... And before "Obama and company" it was Libya selling to Italy.
Is better to be clear with African countries: before they agree to sell their stuff (expecially considering gas prices were high) and take your money...... And then somehow it's your fault. 🤦♂️ I never heard Gheddafi being angry because of all the money he made from us.... Or the Saudi, Qatar, Azerbaijan Ecc...
Let's be clear that Italy is paying for that..... And not cheap, I never saw Gheddafi being angry for all the money he made from us.... But with Africa they paint you as the villain while swimming in your cash.
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The bulk of Italy's sovereign debt was accumulated during the '80s and early '90s. In the last 20 years or so, when you take out interests on debt, Italian budget has been pretty much with no or little deficit. It's the "old" debt that still screws us up.
IL governo Conte lo ha aumentato Di 400 miliardi, dando 140 miliardi a proprietari di ville e castelli
the deficit in last 2 years has been 5-7%.
2:21 "this might sound ridiculous today, but Italy's economy really was booming". That one hurt, and I am not even Italian
the part when she said "their population is uneducated" hurt as well lol. Not italian either
@@St0rrrmShe went a bit too far saying that in my opinion as an Italian. The vast majority of my high school classmates have a university degree, I’m one of the few that doesn’t have one and I don’t consider myself uneducated that’s for sure.
Yes, besides it may sound ridiculous for someone who has studied on memes. Italy is still the 8th world economy
That was racist
@@Alexander-rr6yn I saw an Italian talking about the state of education in Italy, and from what I've heard it's a dysfunctional mess. High School graduation exams being a complete joke and your mentioned university degrees not much better.
5:44 did those two boats just crash into eachother 🤣
I came here to ask if anyone else saw that, I guess at least one person did.
omg came here to see that too
Gotta love stock video footage
I dont see it. Which ones?
@@carstengrooten3686i think he means the one on the right side that came close to the parked ones
The way he says bell always gets me. BEell
Thank you for the impartial analysis, something sort of hard to find in Italian media.
I believe, however, that it's worth mentioning our military industry, which is one of the real cores of our economy. The "Leonardo" military manufacturing industry occupies the 13th place for economical growth globally, and we have many international contracts signed by Beretta and Iveco that greatly sustain the economy
The voice is sooo soothing
I’d like to add 2 points to the discussion and explain why, in my opinion, Italy was and will be a resilient country: The first is that we traditionally are a nation of savers. This is part of our culture starting from our grandparents, then our parents, and now us today. This means that we have the ability to survive even in times of economic crisis. And the second reason, which is also connected to the first, is that very often we are financially supported by our parents (not everyone, I realize) such as for buying a house or simply doing the groceries.
Thanks, very interesting. I did not know that italy economy was doing well at this moment, since Covid pandemic; which was hard in Italy.
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Did Italy grow by 4 pc since 2019?! Incredibile 😊!!!
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The negative comments amazes me. Beyond statistics: the quality of life, for the majority of Italians, is much better than one offered to most English. Especially in the prosperous cities of the North. Recently, I have been touring Sicily (one of the poorest regions of Italy) and must say that I’d rather be a poor there than in the Northern England.
La realtà è che nelle regioni "povere" paradossalmente è proprio dove si vive meglio. Puglia Molise Campania Calabria il costo dell'affitto scende anche a 200€ quasi tutti quelli che risultano "disoccupati" lavorano a nero e tra disoccupazione e altri ammortizzatori sociali tipo RDC arrivano a guadagnare spesso anche più di me che sono un dipendente statale. Questo posso dirlo con certezza perché sono passato anche io da quella situazione. Anche se chiaramente la certezza che ho adesso non l'avevo prima, quando lavoravo tantissimo e guadagnavo più o meno come ora ma dovevo sempre cercarmi il lavoro.
The Peninsula was the richest territory in Europe (at least) from the 5th century BC until the 17th century AD and even after that it always remained within the top three. Always on the podium.
Indeed, when you look geographically at the Mediterranean Basin, it is the most natural economic area one could ever imagine -- as it was in Roman times. Unfortunately, the spread of Islam ruined the Mediterranean Basin as it has ruined everything else it has touched. How can Italy reconstruct the Mediterranean economic model of the Roman Empire, despite the extremely degenerate and negative effects of Islam?
@@tonytony1035 Islam has existed since the 7th century. A.D. and for centuries exchanges in the Mediterranean continued to be prosperous without being affected even in the most acute phases of religious conflicts. Even during the Crusades, Italian merchants always traded without problems throughout the Islamic world. Even from a cultural and scientific point of view, the proximity to Islam was advantageous for the countries of Mediterranean Europe because it had preserved and developed the knowledge of the Greek and Roman world and we Europeans have recovered much of that knowledge precisely through the Arabs .
It is only in the last few decades that Islam has become an obstacle because, after the defeat of communism in the Cold War, the independence, anti-colonial and identity demands of the Arab peoples have moved from traditional socialist and communist movements towards religious movements . As a consequence of this, Islam has taken on a revengeist and military function that it did not have in the past.
If the West stopped its colonial attitude towards the rest of the world and truly allowed the self-determination of peoples, Islam would cease to be an obstacle. But of course we have no intention of giving up supremacy and the others will not give up fighting us as long as they can, Islam or no Islam.
The comments explaining that Italians are good at managing chaos because they are a naturally chaotic society illustrates why a free market will always be better than a planned economy.
In the 80s, they were also fulfilling the role that China has for the last 10-20 years, so when they couldn't compete with low price exports, they lost their edge.
Oh yes, the notoriously cheap Italian luxury goods...
@@M-tl4xtactually yes, Italy was the factory of Europe before china. I can send sources if youre unable to find them. Having a lixiry industry doesn't change anything. France wine doesnt make its arms industry more expensive
@@M-tl4xt there's a reason why they tried to adjust the figures to include the black market. Because that's where a large chunk of the cheap goods were coming from.
Made in Italy is not competing with cheap prices.
@@EstebanVicenzi Did you even read what I wrote? Apparently not.
"40 years ago, Italy had a different economy, but it eventually lost out to China."
"BUT IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY NOW!"
"...Yeah? That's what I said. Your point?"
Go Italy!
funny how their charts are like super passionate too...super high jumps all over the place
Finally some refreshing stuff. As an Italian, I'm really sick of my countrymen always complaining and not doing anything (like rioting in french style), ultimately leaving for places like Germany, France, UK or the Netherlands (thus shitting on the motherland in any absurd way). We have this inferiority complex that is made completely by us meanwhile the rest of Europe respects us.
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TLDR When you start low, crisis can't bring you down that much
Italy still has plenty of problems to solve but I am happy to see progress being made. Education is free but still not many people graduate from school because there are not many jobs in rural areas. Employers are reluctant to hire people due to tough labor laws
And because hiring people is expensive. For every Euro the worker receive, the owner owes one to the state in taxes.
@@federicofabulli5030 other rich countries can manage with taxes like that, the money just needs to be put to work to create more industries.
Italy needs to give grants to industries that are actually internationally relevant, start investing into relevant education, and if they want to keep relying on middle class companies, they will need to be forced to come into a common procurement and research fund. Doctors paying 10% into a fund and vote for what research they need, or what kind of hardware they need in their city or region for communal use. A mini version of Japans semiconductor move where they forced all major players in the production chain to pay together for research, instead of seperately and against each other.
@@federicofabulli5030bullcrap.
Education isn't free in Italy at all. Is cheap for American standards but not free.
Then the issue is connecting rural areas to economic hubs and investment in infrastructure.
most italians have to live with 4 to 10 roommates or stay with their parents until their mid 30s because wages are too low to buy a house or pay rent, the economy is rising because the cost of living increases while the salaries stay the same.
The fault of economic stagnation in italy are the adoption of the euro and 20 years of austerity measures
As someone moving to Italy this is a very good news.
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@@howardneil8164the uk is in a far worse position.
vieni😂
So, Italy is not destroying its economy today? Something terrible isn't happening in Italy? All the luck hasn't run out? Yes births in 3 months? Dolce vita is not over? Next stop isn't collapse?
Ahahaha these channels are such a joke
🤣🤣🤣 Exaggerated channels as always.
Economics explained is one of the worst econ channels out there. Basically all his videos are a perfect example of confirmation bias where he states a point and then goes out of his way to try to confirm it as best he can, while also committing many errors and cherry picking leftist studies. If you want an objective econ channel the best is Money & Macro
Stereotypes...
Where are you from?
Italy's eonomic collapse has been predicted for countless times through years, especially by all our dear European neighbors, but strangely it never occurs. Because however disastrous it may be, the Italian economy, for reasons they will never understand, is one of the most resilient economies in the world
Unlike Sweden because of the climate or England because of labour shortage, Italy is a huge garden where all fruits and vegetables grow so the Italians do not import food. What they export is almost exclusively high end food products, industrial based products backed by tourism. Conclusion: thanks to the climate an national characteristics, Italians are great survivors.
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Good analysis but you are missing some crucial facts.
Itali’s average salary is lower than that of UK, France and Germany. This gives it a competitive edge, especially with lower energy cost (due to proximity to ME).
Another key thing to note is, it has gone through 20 odd years of painful restructuring. Although it is not clear how successful it was, it still was far better than those who did not go thru it. This is more apparent when you look at Greece who walked the same path and is also doing relatively better.
The austerity and wage cut is painful medicine, but ever increasing social benefit payment and salary increase is like a cancer that will cripple the entire economy like in UK, Germany.
In conclusion, Italy still has a long way to go to increase its productivity (technological advance) and structural reform. But it is in much better position than UK or Germany. Also much better weather too.
yep, and that's the market adjusting itself. eu and extra eu companies are investing in italy because of lower costs (swisscom bought vodafone italia for example). this will hopefully cause wages to readjust compared to the richer part of EU. if this become a trend, being that close to switzerland should help x)
a competitive edge for workers to die.accidents during working hours have extremely high numbers.for any dead worker killed in work time you may expect italian business people drinking fresh blod out of a skull....op
stop it please, what the you think we have in Swiss that makes it so much better?? 75% live in a rent apartment, I pay 1200.- rent, high health care 420.-and additional 10% of all medication or hospital bill, live is very expansive, wth, you think we get it for free?? btw, since at least 12 years salary is the same! stop lamenting, most of you own a house, free hospital or other medical treatment etc. stop it, this lamenting is so boring! go to a foreign country, see how much better live is!!! incredible
I just saw an article recently about an American who moved to Italy for a better life. I guess this is how they got one.
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I Don’t think Americans could afford Europe, I head lots are migrating to Indonesia or Mexico
@@mercurio7424Italy is like 4 times cheaper than the Us, while wages are abysimal so yeah an american with a local job could not sustain itself confortably, a retiree or a remote worker however would live a luxurious life here as his income would be at least 5/6 times those of the average Italian
@@mercurio7424who said that, Italy is much cheaper than usa, Nowadays US is not cheap than Europe except some countries like switzerland, iceland, monaco,..
I can say as the only Italian who understands the economy under this video (I read some ridiculous Italian comments below😆), that you have made an excellent video, it is all roughly true.
We can certainly delve deeper, but no falsehoods were said in this video and that's a good thing.
Good job 👍
I'm italian, who cares about national debt or gdp when the wages are still 1400 euro. You are clearly a delusional italian. Maybe one of those who earns 2500 euro per month and doesn't understand how bad italy is for normal people
The Italians look to the present but also to the future, taking into consideration what their past teaches them.
History, which represents the solid foundation of a state, is now well shared by everyone.
For example, the value of the historical center of one's town/village (which must be respected and kept alive) is a concept that has long been absorbed by everyone, even in the poorest and least educated places.
In an increasingly globalized world, where everything is going in the same direction, this emerges as a slightly different and original model. This is perceived abroad and helps the demand for Italian products.
You make an outstanding point about the preservation of town centers in Italy. This is deep in the culture and I think it makes the country very strong. China and the USA demolish their history. This will come back to haunt them both.
Would you please make a video about Spain's Economy currently?
Could you do a video like that about Spain ?
Millions of reasons, real economy has infinte variables: the first one that comes to mine is that Italiin stock market and financing are so primitive that crisis usually doens't have a big leverage to hit and crash Italian companies that are always under financed and under capitalized and have an enormous amount of potential left in the tank.
Thank you!
Good Leadership!
You are so good
Speriamo che continui! :D
Well, let's hope things will continue to look up and up!
💼 Discovering Italy's economic resilience! Impressive strides amidst challenges! 📈👏
I’m italian and i disagree the people work with irregular contracts and starvation wages
you dream of permanent contracts and decent wages
I'm Italian and disagree🙄🙄in Swiss 75% have a rent apartment, salary are the same since at least 12 years, health care for me alone 425.-p.Month, my apartment 1200.- p. month, only 2 chamber outside a city, we pay on every hospital bill or medication 10%, in Italy i think it's free. I can't listen to these Italian always lamenting like toddlers.
I’m an italian myself, i’ve been blaming my country way too long. Time to see the good I guess…
I don’t know how but you’ve managed to package an unbiased analysis that is more entertaining than the sensationalized segment of economic and financial news. Thank you for your efforts to be the signal and not the noise. I understand that the economy is currently in a downturn and that we must wait for things to get better
As hard as it may sound you can plan for the recession. If you are working, find extra work and get an Invest--advisor. Protect your deposits by having enough cash in short term fixed income. Then cut your expenses. Minimal insurance, cut utilities.
I think the current market might give opportunities to maximize profit within a short term, but in order to execute such strategy , you must be a skilled practitioner
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Even if you have a humongous income you still need to draw up futuristic plans because anything can happen. One could lose one's job or whatever. Investment cannot be overemphasized. About your advisor, how does one reach pls
5:42 what a save from the sailor !!! GG
lots of italian comments .. I work with people located in italy and learned to appreciate them. Italy kept an industrial base which is quite concentrated in the north of the country ... I think it is strength for the country beyond statistics and ... real life problems :-(
Inflation is low because of the small size of companies, if the company is made just by yourself you just need to get your salary. Moreover Italian families have really low debts and high interest rates did not really affect an economy used to manage itself just with savings
I'm so happy to hear this! 🇮🇹
Finally! Never thought I would see the day! Hooray for Meloni, started solving Italy's forever problem and stood up to the alt right and alt left and stood proudly on the world stage for doing whats right and helping Ukraine. She didnt shy away by claiming we have our own problems and to leave others to their fate. Apparently you can do it all.
In Siena right now. Can't believe the red tape in this country.
I really like this reader. I can understand every word.
That's Oxford for you...
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L'ITALIA (but yey!!! Thanks)
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as someone born and raised, worked and graduated in tech in northen italy. Where do i find this italy you're talking about???
I live in Rome and energy costs here have gone up quite a bit just in the last year.
2:27 technically in 1984 Italy became the 4th country by GDP
Is true , in the whole world
And in absolute term, not per capita as she said
Finally good news from Italy!
Do not trust this video, italy is dead over, soon to collapse
5:20 there's a ghost pulling your right lock behind your ear
Brazilian people are going to Italy in bundles, since 2016+.
Benvenuti!
The growth in the 1980ies was real, but most industries that were responsible for the growth faced hard competition from China in the 1990ies, which didn't exist before, because China used to be closed up like North Korea before: the textile industrie, the plastics industrie, home appliances, toys, leather processing, etc. All those industries Italy almost entirely lost to China.
bullshit, google it, this is from International Trade Administration report 01.2024= In 2022, robot installations in Italy reached a new record, a 6.5% increase over 2021, with 12,432 new installations. Imports made up 90% of purchases and increased by 7.3%. 81% of the new installations were of articulated robots (the most versatile), an 8.7% increase. Installations of SCARA robots (versatile range of motion but with a fixed vertical axis) grew by 2.5%, while those of cartesian robots (linear motion) fell 6.9%. The main applications are for manipulation, assembly, welding, soldering, and cutting. International
A lot of Old people died during Covid , this saves govt money and reduces inflation.
I did wonder about that..
a few thousands is not "a lot".
We restricted our liberties and almost ground the whole economy to a stop to save most of them (also because that's the electoral pool of every party in power).
i didnt support the lockdowns. they only made things worse and were illegal. and in a country with a decreasing and ageing population, losing 200,000 people, mostly old, is a relative lot. That doesnt mean however, that there aren't ancillary fiscal benefits to thinning the herd.@@valentinomanontroppo4675
A sharp brain. No numbers compared....you are going to go far.
@@laco9412 ah yes, the ole “where are your peer reviewed studies and data sets” on a terse TH-cam comment guy. Maybe if you spent more time reading books and less time dithering on the internet, you would understand demographic economics and comparative technical writing standards. Must get back to being retired millionaire in 30s with a family. Better luck next time peasant.