30 In Europe, Bart van Ark, among others, maintains that if the main problem is still making good the deficit in productivity growth, then firms must rapidly catch up in adopting the new digital technologies.
31 Before asking what the future holds for us now, we must start from the recognition that there is a serious deficit in Europe, and especially in Italy, not only of growth but also of demand, hence of employment and incomes. Strong stimulus for investment, public and private, national and European, is accordingly essential.