[HN Gopher] Why Can't Italy's Economy Get into Gear? Consider th...
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       Why Can't Italy's Economy Get into Gear? Consider the Taxi Line
        
       Author : codingcodingboy
       Score  : 10 points
       Date   : 2023-12-26 21:56 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | iwontberude wrote:
       | https://archive.ph/mhjOb
        
       | kristjank wrote:
       | I always found Italy as a neighboring country to have a pretty
       | good workers' rights and an active government body that crushes
       | foreign agents attempting to break the status quo at the cost of
       | the common man. Maybe that slows down the economy, but the end
       | result seems to benefit the middle class more than in the rest of
       | the world where the economy is basically extincting it. I imagine
       | there's a lot that could be done to raise the economy, but it's
       | hard to say what can be done without lowering the living
       | standards somewhat for the majority of people.
        
         | nradov wrote:
         | Government policies that prevent economic growth and ensure
         | high unemployment rates do nothing to benefit the middle class.
         | It's better to limit worker rights because that makes employers
         | more likely to hire workers in the first place. This improves
         | growth rates and economic mobility.
        
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