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The Fact That This Week's Horrifying Plunge In Italian Assets Is Worse Than Last Week's Dumpster Fire Proves Populists Aren't The Problem: Populists

"Lo spread" strikes again.

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New Italian Government Puts Oldest Italian Bank Back On Life Support

The country’s new hybrid right wing-populist leadership thinks Monte dei Paschi has had it too easy.

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Italy's Populists Furious That Bond Spreads Are Trying To 'Blackmail' Them, But The Real Victim Here Is Price Discovery

"They don’t scare me."

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Monte Dei Paschi, All Alone, Searches Vainly For Love In A Cold, Uncaring World

No one wants to touch this poor old bank.