And it is also interesting that in December 2003 we participated in a conference whose title used exactly these two elements to raise the provocative question: L’Italia: un Paese in declino? (“Italy: a country in decline?”).
The conference was jointly organised by Mediocredito Centrale and the Associazione Borsisti Marco Fanno, under the leadership of Michele Salvati, critical of the use of the word, and introduced by Mario Draghi, the then President of the Association.