The tools to deal with the new economic paradigms and challenges of globalization

Subsidiarity and polyarchy as guidelines for growth

Flavio Felice, Fabio G. Angelini

Here are some brief comments concerning Luigino Bruni's interesting and widely shared article, "The Italian model," published in the July 8 Avvenire.

In particular, we would like to examine two statements made by Bruni; one is of a theoretical nature , and the other one is related to choices of policy.

Bruni introduces his article with these words: "President Monti said to share with Germany the vision of a ‘highly competitive social market economy', thus echoing other voices in Italy that are evoking and invoking this striking expression". Since the Tocqueville-Acton Study Centre has been supporting that economic model for years, we do not deny that we felt called into question.

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