Southern Italians are already fighting a war on two fronts, facing both the rampages of the virus as well mounting economic carnage not seen since the period immediately following World War II. The coronavirus has been the great revealer of the weaknesses of governments, systems and societies everywhere it goes across the world. As it confronts the ravages of the coronavirus pandemic, Italy’s less developed south also faces economic carnage not seen the end of World War II. The region’s widespread use of off-the-books workers constituted a vibrant “street economy,” said Luca Bianchi, director of an association for industry development in southern Italy. As it confronts the ravages of the coronavirus pandemic, Italy’s less developed south also faces economic carnage not seen the end of World War II.

Source: bd News24 April 22, 2020 06:22 UTC