The Economist: 'Europe: Italy's Close Election Race: Silvio Berlusconi's Incredible Comeback'

Italy sounds similar to a lot of the other socialist republics in Europe that rely too much on the state to take care of its people and run their lives for them especially as it relates to the economy, where Italy really needs is not to necessarily adopt the American model. But they do need some type of liberal economic model and liberalize their economy where the people have the economic freedom to chart their own course in life and make out of it what they put into it, with a strong foundation that drives economic and job growth.