How Austerity and Anti-immigrant Politics Left Italy Exposed

How Austerity and Anti-immigrant Politics Left Italy Exposed

As the viral blitzkrieg rolls across one European border after another, it seems to have a particular enmity for Italy. The country’s death toll has passed China’s, and scenes from its hospitals look like something out of Dante’s imagination. Why? Italy has the fourth largest economy in the European Union, and in terms of health…