Recovery Fund, the opinion of Professor Max Tani

Welcomed in Italy positively by the government and negatively by some opposition parties, the aid package for the post-pandemic of the European Union is analysed by the University of New South Wales-Canberra professor.

EU Source: AFP

For the first time, Europe is issuing a common debt worth hundreds of billions of euros. Of these, Italy gets 209 billion, of which almost 82 of subsidies and 127 of loans.

With Professor Tani we also addressed the problems of the labour market in Australia following the publication of a pessimistic report by the Productivity Commission.

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