Carlo Bastasin

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Carlo Bastasin
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Carlo Bastasin is Senior Fellow at LEAP and at Brookings Institution (Washington). Since 2014 he has taught European Economic Governance at Luiss University. He is a columnist for La Repubblica. Among his latest books are The Rise and Fall of the Italian Economy with Gianni Toniolo (Cambridge University Press, 2023), Journey to the End of the West (Luiss University Press, 2019) and Saving Europe (Brookings Institution Press, 2015).

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Policy Brief: La politica di bilancio del governo Meloni
2023

La Nota di Aggiornamento del DEF (Nadef) e la bozza della Legge di Bilancio del Governo Meloni indicano obiettivi e programmi di politica economica sulla cui credibilità gravano varie ipoteche. Le difficili condizioni dell’economia internazionale e l’intrinseca debolezza della finanza pubblica italiana possono mettere in questione gli impegni dichiarati dal governo, con implicazioni per la stabilità finanziaria del paese.

The Meloni Government's Budgetary Policy
2023

Our analysis indicates that the budgetary documents presented by the Italian government are based on excessively optimistic forecasts regarding GDP growth, the effectiveness of budgetary measures and the revenues connected to privatizations. As a result, the very small projected decline in the public debt/GDP ratio is not likely.