The current US and EU debatable policies either in relation to the banks regulation or the  macroeconomic policy face the crisis.

Many formal comparisons of the similarities and differences of Chinese and Western economic models miss the most important point. A real difference is the institutional capacity of the state.

Labour income distribution decreased since the ‘80s in major European countries and U.S.A. (since the ‘90s, in Italy). We will look at the different ways in which these fall occurred.