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"CARISSIMO, Italy has been unstable since the Visigoths sacked Rome in 456 AD," observed Luigi Barzini Jr. "It will remain unstable indefinitely."
That was more than twenty years ago. I had asked Barzini, who was a great authority on his native land, but also edifying and entertaining as befitted a graduate of the Columbia School of Journalism, whether, in the light of Italy's current instability, it would be wise to buy a country house there.
"If you want to buy a house, it means you like Italy--with its chronic near anarchy," he added. "By all means do so."
At the moment, the Italian government is the most stable in half a century. The ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Berlusconi's Italy.(Europe)