On Thursday, July 16 at 10 am, Luiss presents Franco Bernabè's latest publication, focusing on the last forty years of Italian capitalism.
During the event, the author will dialogue with Constitutional Court Judge Giuliano Amato and Luiss Vice President Paola Severino la Vice Presidente Luiss Paola Severino. The talk is moderated by Corriere della Sera Editorialist Aldo Cazzullo.
The story of Franco Bernabè, who has led some of the country's largest industrial groups, is a never-before-seen take on national and international events over recent decades. Bernabè's tale is an extraordinary testimony of the transformations in Italy's capitalist and power systems as well as the evolution of the relationship between business and government. A few years after the OECD, Bernabè became head economist at Fiat as the company went through a dramatic crisis and restructuring at the hands of Romiti. There he had a privileged point of view of the inner workings of the company's planning and control. In 1983, he began working with Eni, where he became CEO in 1992. After the company went public, he waged a long battle against the dissolution and liquidation of the group. In doing so, Bernabé fought against a corrupt power system and its political and managerial accomplices. In 1998, he left Eni to take over Telecom Italia. And this is only the beginning of his story, full of dramatic turns of events.
Over the past forty years, has Italy been ready for the transformations of the global market? Today, capitalism needs urgent reforms to give it new vitality. Will we have the courage to resolve the ambiguity and fill in the gaps in our economic system? Franco Bernabé offers his unique point of view on Italy's economy and political scene: "We need to simplify the lives of companies and entrepreneurs, reducing regulations to the mere essentials. Continuous reforms create uncertainty and instability, dampening the entrepreneurial spirit."