Why Italy is not the new Greece

While Italy and Greece have some similarities, the fundamental cause of Italy’s problems is not fiscal laxity but consistently weak economic growth. So rather than resulting in a sudden crisis, as has happened in Greece several times, we suspect that Italy’s troubles will be more of a slow burn.

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