Ambrosetti 2008
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The annual Ambrosetti Forum is Italy’s own mini-Davos set next to Lake Como. Started in 1975, politicians, financiers and business people, from across the world, debate the key issues of the day
Video: Europe squares up to the bear
Guy Dinmore, Rome correspondent, finds a more conciliatory European business and political response than the US found. With interviews featuring Kremlin advisers, the European Commission president and the chief executive of Enel
Italy’s Enel calls for ‘measured approach’ to Russia
Fulvio Conti, chief executive of Italian power utility, Enel, counsels “prudence” by the EU in dealing with Russia over the Georgia crisis, given, he says, that 35% of European oil and gas comes from Russia.
Video: Inflation “coming down”
Leading economists Jim O’Neill of Goldman Sachs and Ken Rogoff of Harvard University debate the burning global issues at the Ambrosetti economic forum in northern Italy. Has inflation peaked? O’Neill thinks inflation is “coming down”. Should policymakers resist the global slowdown? Rogoff warns the US and China against priming the pump and propping up banks
Video: Medvedev aide says Russia will recover from capital flight
Russia will recover from capital flight after the Georgia crisis, according to Arkady Dvorkovich, economic aide to Russia president Dmitry Medvedev. He says a new cold war would be a waste of money for all taxpayers .
Video: Social spending will slow Chinese economy
After 30 years of fast growth, China must now focus on welfare, says Cheng Siwei of China’s Academy of Science
