***  The mission to lead the economy out of the recession is indeed awesome. Nevertheless, we should not loose sight of our ultimate destination: durable growth, based on a competitive market, integrated with the world economy and operating based on the same ground rules. Such an economy should be also better equipped to deal with poverty reduction and other sensitive social issues.
In the underdeveloped conditions prevailing in the Kingdom of Sardinia in the mid-nineteenth century, this was no easy task, not least given the opposition from a strong conservative front.