3 November 2026 – Tuesday
3 November 2026 – Tuesday

Monday Briefing 02/11/2026

Chi Possiede Le Città?

Europe’s Champion Dilemma

So, Where Are You From?

Perché abbiamo ancora bisogno dei classici greci

Violence is Never the Answer in Democratic Politics

Economics

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Beyond the Crisis Lens: Investing in Africa’s Long-Term Future

In our collective imagination, we often associate Africa with a vast and fascinating land, rich in places to explore. However, at the same time, it still remains a largely underdeveloped continent – both in economical and institutionalterms – with a high poverty rate. In addition, due to prevailing media narratives, we…
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Milano: la “città delle opportunità” sempre più inaccessibile

Tra le città italiane Milano è in testa alla classifica per affitti più alti con 22,54 €/m² seguita da Firenze (20,74 €/m²), Bologna (16,80€/m²) e Roma (16,52€/m²). Nel caso di una compravendita il costo medio di un locale è…
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Economic Populism and the Draghi Report 

Is there light at the end of the tunnel? In Socrates’s imagining, there comes a time when every voter must make a choice between a doctor, harsh yet truthful, or a chef, promising some bounty of delicious food if…
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Bocconi Economic Journal inauguration

On Wednesday, the second floor of the Sarfatti 25 building was bustling with students even as the afternoon morphed into evening. Aula Franceschi, one of the most prestigious rooms at Bocconi, filled up quickly with students. Chatter and movement…
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G7 – Aiuti ai paesi emergenti: una forbice di interessi troppo ampia

Sulle sponde del lago Maggiore si è svolto il G7 della Finanza, con molti temi caldi al centro, alcuni in linea con quanto discusso lo scorso maggio a Niigata, in Giappone, altri emersi a seguito degli ultimi sviluppi geopolitici….
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G7 – Rapporti con la Cina: un possibile terzo attore inaspettato

Sulle sponde del lago Maggiore si è svolto il G7 della Finanza, con molti temi caldi al centro, alcuni in linea con quanto discusso lo scorso maggio a Niigata, in Giappone, altri emersi a seguito degli ultimi sviluppi geopolitici….
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Efficiency vs equity: on which grounds should minimum wages be discussed? 

The Italian political debate in the past months has been characterized by a continuous attention to labor law topics. While the Meloni cabinet prepared a budget package for 2024 which promised to cut payroll taxes for many workers, the…
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Black Friday, the tip of the melting iceberg

Black Friday is much more than the discounts delivered to your inbox or the huge posters inviting you to take your window shopping to the next level. Black Friday is one of the major symptoms and a fueler of…
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When Economics meets Film  – a sensory dive into the mechanics of our world 

Economics and film are two worlds that often intertwine in ways that are not always evident. Appreciating them together can thus be at the same time insightful and fascinating. Dive into our analysis of three famous movies through this…
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Shipping a Go-Go! 

This Thursday at 6 pm tune in for “A Deep Dive into Fleet Management”: the people of the Shipping, Energy & Geopolitics Student Association have concocted a very special event where they, along with a choice set of speakers, will take…
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Saving the World Twice?

Amongst the tragic news of war, dramatic food shortages, droughts, price rises and other disasters worldwide, a shining announcement got lost in the dimness of it all.   On March 14th, Moderna Inc. – that has now become a common…
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Slaves with laude

How being (excellent) slaves of competitiveness can put the true value of education in the shade   “In seguito a questo momento [di difficoltà e di presa di coscienza], in cui finalmente ho preso familiarità con tutte le emozioni, anche…
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Raw Materials: A Global Crisis

The world has a problem of empty shelves and warehouses, as firms and shops struggle to get goods and raw materials from suppliers. While big companies announce price rises and diminished productions, the world wonders how to solve the…
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Nobel Perspectives Live! Milan Recap 

On Wednesday, December 1, 2021, Bocconi University, along with UBS group, hosted an inspiring event that talked about the role of technology in economics and how it can fight climate change. In this ninth edition of the Nobel Perspective…
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The price of being on top of the trends

Living in Milan we are exposed to fashion on a daily basis. Even though fashion is a unique and interesting part of our culture many of us remain unaware of the environmental and social impact that the global fashion,…
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The first Indian SaaS IPO: Story of Freshworks

On September 23rd, 2021, Freshworks filed for an IPO becoming the first Indian SaaS company to be listed on Nasdaq. Although this might sound somewhat ordinary, given that various companies are going public these days, a brief look at…
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Pandora Papers – The new ‘Offshore’

“The Pandora Papers revealed plenty of dirt on politicians, celebrities and billionaires, and yet the role of governments remains much undiscussed. While learning about the Pandora Papers more generally, what can be said about the often-overlooked role large western…
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A Trainee at the ECB: Interview with Maui Brennan

Maui Brennan is a second-year M.Sc. student in Bocconi’s Economic and Social Sciences (ESS) program. He completed his Bachelor’s degree in Commerce at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, with a double major in Economics and Finance and a…
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Nobel Prize in Economic sciences 2021: the winners

Economists David Card, Joshua Angrist and Guido Imbens won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Economics.  This Monday, October 11th, three economists won the Nobel Prize in Economics for working on ‘natural experiments’, or studies in real-life situations.  Unlike in medicine…
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Political (in)effectiveness in Latin America

How the pandemic has uncovered Latin America’s biggest operational risks: political fragmentation, corruption and ineffective policy formulation. A study published by The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) recently evidenced the operational risk in Latin America after it suffered one of…
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Bitcoin: l’interesse delle istituzioni tra rischi e scenari per il futuro

Il Bitcoin interessa ora anche agli investitori istituzionali e ai fondi pensione. Restano le preoccupazioni relative alla volatilità, legata in primo luogo all’assenza di un’autorità monetaria. E ora vari Paesi pensano a una valuta digitale nazionale. L’acceso dibattito sulla…
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Quel divario ancora da colmare

È da poco passata la ricorrenza del centosessantesimo Anniversario dell’Unità di Italia, avvenuta il 17 marzo del 1861. Questo anniversario dovrebbe essere occasione per riflettere sulle ancora enormi differenze presenti tra Nord e Sud della penisola sul piano economico….
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Bitcoin: un sistema insostenibile

La corsa ai Bitcoin degli ultimi anni ha rivelato le fragilità del sistema delle criptovalute, fra spese energetiche da capogiro e rischi per l’ambiente Norilsk è una città della Siberia, fra le più fredde del mondo. Oggi conta circa…
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Mind the GAP(s): Monetary policy and the way out of the pandemic

In 2020, the direction of policy support was evident due to the outbreak of the pandemic; monetary and fiscal policies supported the economy all around the world. But now we might be seeing the end of the pandemic thanks…
Journey
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A Breach in the Canister: Thor Pedersen’s Journey Around the World

Imagine dedicating seven years of your life to achieve a single goal. To sacrifice everything you have: your relationships, your career, your comfort zone. To be on the edge of success, almost touching your grail. Now imagine being forced to give it all up. This is the story…
informal workers
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Through the Lens of Informal Workers

As the world moves through waves of COVID-19 cases, most developed economies have allowed their employees the option to work-from-home. In the case of Latin America, where many are informal workers, staying home is not an option. While this…
videogioco
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Industria videoludica: un po’ di numeri

Nei mesi della pandemia il videogioco ha rappresentato uno degli svaghi principali per moltissime delle persone costrette dal lockdown a rimanere in casa. Siamo sicuri che però il videogioco sia solo un passatempo, e non qualcosa di più? Oggi risulta…
Famiglie
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Bambini e Covid-19: come sono state aiutate le famiglie

Con la chiusura delle scuole durante la pandemia, i governi hanno dovuto introdurre varie misure per sostenere le famiglie nella cura dei figli. Grazie ai dati raccolti dal progetto Women’s empowerment during Covid19 dell’Università Bocconi, viene presentata una panoramica…
Piketty
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Bocconi welcomes Piketty: Lessons from Capital and Ideology

On 25 November 2020, world-renowned economist Thomas Piketty presented his new book Capital and Ideology and gave a lecture on the history of inequality to the Bocconi community. The event was part of IGIER (Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research) Policy Seminars, which are conducted online this semester due to…
greenwashing
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The World of Greenwashing

Many companies describe their products as environmentally-friendly and mention their sustainability goals in their marketing campaigns. Have you ever wondered how accurate these publicity materials are? The author is here to debunk “greenwashing” advertising claims. Sustainable, green, conscious: those…
Nagorno-Karabakh
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Beyond the Mountains: the Nagorno-Karabakh War

How War in the Caucasus will Impact the Global Market The Nagorno-Karabakh War has devastated the separatist enclave of Artsakh over the past month. However, behind Azerbaijan and Armenia are their respective allies Turkey and Russia competing for influence…
Women in Economics
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Women in Economics: a Tortuous Path

Cues from prominent scholars Women are under-represented in the Economics profession worldwide. What are the key reasons of this phenomenon and its consequences? We relied on the knowledge and experience of Academics promoting Gender Equality, including two Bocconian excellences:…
Econometric Society World Congress
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A Review of Econometric Society World Congress: a Big Community of Economics Lovers

We joined Nobel laureates’ lectures at the biggest World Congress of Economists ever, the Econometric Society World Congress, held « virtually » at our university. From 17 to 21 of August, 4500 people, mostly scholars from the top universities worldwide, joined…
Transizione energetica e crisi sanitaria
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Transizione energetica e crisi sanitaria

Come quasi tutti i settori, anche il segmento della transizione energetica – vale a dire, il passaggio da fonti di energia non rinnovabili a rinnovabili – ha subìto il peso della pandemia da Covid-19. Non bisogna tuttavia dimenticare che,…
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Politica Italiana: Istruzioni per il disuso

Più di 20.000 vittime e una previsione di perdita del 9,1% del PIL equivalente a circa 160 miliardi di euro (previsione IMF) non bastano a limitare uno stato di campagna elettorale permanente. A maggio, il Paese dovrebbe timidamente ripartire…
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Big data and healthcare: a greater challenge

Big data, algorithms, statistical models and other such tools have become omnipresent concepts in our daily lives, inextricable from any field and sector of society. Their dominance has been marked with the continuous demand for greater research into artificial…
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L’esclusività esiste ancora per i brand di lusso?

Non tutti sanno che per comprare una Birkin di Hermès, la borsa più famosa della Maison francese, non basta recarsi in uno store e richiederla ai commessi; il percorso è lungo e a volte infruttuoso, esistono liste di attesa…
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Decreto Cura Italia e Welfare State italiano

Coronavirus: ormai è passato un mese dal primo allarme che aveva chiuso le scuole e  vietato le manifestazioni pubbliche. Ma la vera quarantena è in corso da una settimana, ossia dall’ultimo decreto emanato dal premier Conte l’11 marzo, relativo…
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The Update of Capitalism: Pressing Reset and Restarting

The collapse of the communist regimes in Europe, almost 30 years ago, marked the beginning of the steady domination of capitalism as the primary way of economic thought, not only in previously socialist states, but also across the world….
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Big tech e tasse. Forse troppo poco è cambiato

È ufficiale: Alphabet, la casa madre di Google, dice addio al cosiddetto “Double Irish, Dutch Sandwich”, ovvero quel sistema di ottimizzazione fiscale reso possibile dalla legislazione irlandese che si stima abbia garantito a diverse multinazionali americane un risparmio di…
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Popolare Bari: ci risiamo

Lo Stato italiano torna a occuparsi di banche. Lo fa con un decreto che mette sul piatto quasi un miliardo per Popolare di Bari, una banca cooperativa particolarmente attiva in Puglia, Basilicata e Abruzzo. La misura nasce dopo la…
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A Nobel-worthy Economic Research

by Katya Mavrelli Would 20 years of research be sufficient to help eliminate the arduous social issue of poverty? Economic Sciences Nobel Peace Prize laureates Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo from MIT and Michael Kremer from Harvard University attempted…
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Gender Gap: quanto costa essere donna e madre?

di Federico Pozzi Nessun paese al mondo ha raggiunto l’uguaglianza di genere. Nessuno. Secondo uno studio del World Economic Forum sul Global Gender Gap Index, che prende in considerazione 149 paesi, c’è un 32% di gender gap tra uomini…
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A che punto siamo con il salario minimo?

La Nuova Zelanda ce l’ha da 120 anni, e negli ultimi decenni quasi tutti i Paesi OCSE lo hanno introdotto. In genere, oscilla tra il 40 e il 60% del salario mediano. di Marco Visentin Non c’è governo che…
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I vecchi pesi che ci schiacciano

di Marco Visentin Quando Grover Cleveland, presidente americano, dovette operarsi per un tumore, lo fece in gran segreto, in barca con un amico. In occasione di un infarto di Eisenhower, il suo staff fu molto evasivo, così come evasivi…
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Economic growth and inequalities: an interview with Michael Spence

di Andrea Pradelli e Francesca Sofia Cocco On November 19th we attended the event “Economic Growth and Inequalities: any place for ethics in a multi-speed world?” organized by the Bocconi association Res Ethica. Guests of the conference were Guido…
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Design e tecnologia: il successo della realtà Piquadro. Intervista a Marco Palmieri

di Zeno Lupi e Giulio Angelini Un lavoratore sempre in movimento, uno studente attento al design e chiunque cerchi uno strumento che lo accompagni nella propria vita professionale, non può sicuramente fare a meno di un prodotto Piquadro. Nella…
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Hawks & Doves | The rationale of Central Banks independence

di Lorenzo Sala In recent weeks, on both sides of the Atlantic central banks have been attacked by politicians. Professor Donato Masciandaro explains the reason why central banks independence is fundamental in order to struggle against the tendency of…
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China and Africa, a shared future ahead

by Matteo Guarnieri China, the most populated country with 1.3 billion people and second-largest economy in the world with a GDP of $13.46 trillion in 2017. Africa, a continent of 54 countries with a population of 1.216 billion and…
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Hackitalia – il resoconto della fase finale

Di Andrea Pradelli. Di fronte a una delle campagne elettorali più mediocri di sempre, chi non ha mai avuto il desiderio di sentire finalmente proposte realistiche e innovative? Noi di Tra I Leoni ne abbiamo avuto l’opportunità partecipando a…
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