As emphasized in June, the law establishing the Italian universal-minimum-income programme (RdC) also puts the Ministry of Labor and Social Policies — the same authority that advocated its adoption —…
Sergio Beraldo
Is it possible to abolish poverty by one single law? The case of the Italian universal minimum income project
The idea of providing an unconditional income to everyone, regardless of whether «the person is rich or poor, lives alone or with others, is willing to work or not» (Van…
History is full of prophecies that have proved wrong. Among these, the one elaborated by the American political scientist Francis Fukuyama about 30 years ago certainly deserves a prominent place.…
What game-theoretic analysis tells us about the possibility that the actual conflict will escalate
About 60 years ago, Nobel laureate Thomas Shelling published a book titled “The strategy of conflict”. It was written during the cold war and reflects the typical worries of the…
On January 22, the Italian Parliament set out to elect the President of the Republic succeeding president Sergio Mattarella. It was an important event. Although the Italian president does not…
An Impossibility Result on Nudging Grounded in the Theory of Intentional Action
WP 2018-01. Executive summary.