{"product_id":"9780198287483","title":"Italy: The Sheltered Economy: Structural Problems in the Italian Economy","description":"\u003cp\u003eBased on the results of a three year empirical study analyzing the Italian economy, this work focuses on the role of state and private economic agents. Italy has a huge and interventionist governmental economic policy. Professor Padoa Schioppa Kostoris argues that much of this state action and regulation is irrational and counter-efficient. She further argues that the Italian economy is also characterized by a large and efficient black market, so that much of the private sector already evades state control. Since de facto deregulation therefore exists to a large extent, Kostoris calls for legal deregulation and privatization. She convincingly argues that a decrease in and an altered character of state action will enable the Italian economy to achieve higher growth, and to reconcile the goals of efficiency and public interest.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47007243436272,"sku":"9780198287483","price":190.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780198287483_p0.jpg?v=1763666505","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780198287483","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}