By Edoardo Nesi
ISBN-10: 1590515552
ISBN-13: 9781590515556
Winner of the 2011 Strega Prize, this combination of essay, social feedback, and memoir is a awesome portrait of the results of globalization on Italy’s declining economy.
Starting from his family’s cloth manufacturing facility in Prato, Tuscany, Edoardo Nesi examines the new shifts in Italy’s production undefined. just one iteration in the past, Prato was once a thriving business middle that prided itself on craftsmanship and caliber. yet over the past decade, affordably made goods—produced in another country or in Italy by way of poorly paid immigrants—saturated the marketplace, making it most unlikely for Italian businesses to maintain. In 2004 his family members used to be pressured to promote the cloth manufacturing unit. How this is able to have occurred? Nesi asks, and what are the broader repercussions of wasting companies like his family’s, particularly for Italian culture?
Story of My People is a denouncement of huge enterprise, corrupt politicians, the boldness of economists, and inexpensive production. It’s a must-read for someone looking perception into the monetary difficulty that’s outstanding Europe this day.
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