%0 Journal Article %T Crisi internazionale e crisi nazionale %A Sergio Ferrari %J Moneta e Credito %D 2012 %I Associazione Paolo Sylos Labini %X The article considers the situation of Italy in the wake of the international financial and economic crisis. It is in particular stressed that Italy was already in a critical position before 2007-2008, mainly due to insufficient economic growth. The main reason for the country's low performance is identified in the insufficient expenditure on research and development, which caused innovation to slow down. %K Italy %K growth %K crisis %K innovation %U http://ojs.uniroma1.it/index.php/monetaecredito/article/view/9939/9822