{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"English Learning for Curious Minds | A More Interesting Way To Learn English","title":"#639 | What’s Wrong With Italy’s Economy?","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/c7dbe60c\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1532,"description":"Italy builds Ferraris and Lamborghinis, welcomes millions of tourists, and produces food, fashion and design admired around the world.\n \nYet beneath all that beauty, its economy has spent decades running without going anywhere. What went wrong, and what, if anything, can be done about it?\n \n\nItaly’s unification: a poor agricultural economy\nPost-war economic miracle: Fiat, Vespa and Olivetti\nSmall family firms drive industrial growth\nLira devaluation keeps Italian exports competitive\nRising public debt during the 1980s\nEuro membership removes currency devaluation\nProductivity stagnation after the computer age begins\nSmall firms, bureaucracy and family management\nTemporary contracts divide younger and older workers\nBrain drain, low births and an ageing population\nFull interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/italy-economy","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/HIneD2bpN38ZyIYQqvz9OwtMc5c5ep366psJkVe0ZiU/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzU3MDEvMTYyMDk3/Mzg5MS1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}