I’ve been back in Italy for ten days now.  The global economic crisis dominates the news just as it does in America.  The expression “as America goes so does the world”, or in this instance Italia.  Local opinions amongst friends and colleagues seem to focus on Obama’s plan to spend America’s way out of debt and how can this possibly succeed?  Obviously the answer is complicated and to a large extent unknown, even by the experts. Can’t say I don’t share their similar concerns.  What do you think?