Stefano Cingolani
Stefano Cingolani (b. 1950) is an Italian journalist essayist. Specialising in foreign policy and economics, he worked for L’Unità, Corriere della Sera, the ApCom press agency and Riformista before becoming an editorialist at Foglio. He is the author of Le grandi famiglie del capitalismo italiano (Dynasties of Italian Capitalism, published by Laterza) and Guerre di mercato (Market Wars, Laterza)
The woes of crisis-stricken countries are not only due to international speculation and mismanagement of public finances, but also to their inability to create wealth. That’s what happened in Portugal, which never really adapted to the euro.