This is the recorded talk I gave to Positive Money Italy (http://monetapositiva.blogspot.com/) on November 23rd 2018. I explain that excessive private credit caused the relative boom in Italy before the crisis, and the collapse in credit during the Eurozone-imposed period of austerity is the main reason that economic growth in Italy has stagnated.
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