Italy - Europe's Own Banana Republic

Italy’s Crony Capitalist System

https://theconversation.com/italys-economy-has-cronyism-disease-but-will-its-next-government-treat-it-92807

Dysfunctional Italy

https://www.politico.eu/article/12-people-who-ruined-italy-elections-public-debt-organized-crime/

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-03-05/italy-election-results-are-quite-traditional-actually

Italy’s Five-Star Electoral Performance

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/05/opinion/italy-election-five-star.html

Related:

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/03/italy-election-european-union/554900/