is he standard-issue rightwing economist, if not, what makes him unique? is he italy's paulson, or just a babyfaced mafioso?

he's reputed to have something of his own take on globalism and keeping italy competitive...is that confindustria propaganda?

does he have a lefty past?

'The history of public debt is full of irony. It rarely follows our ideas of order and justice.' Thomas Piketty