Nel 2025 la questione salariale italiana è entrata stabilmente nel dibattito pubblico. Con Roberto Mania, nel libro per Egea editore, abbiamo provato a fornire un quadro per analizzare le cause e ipotizzare soluzioni. La risposta in libreria e in giro per l’Italia ci ha sorpreso.

The Economist makes a good point in warning that, at some point, high may be too high, and that we should look beyond the effects on employment. But, I don’t think there is (yet) any consensus that we reached the maximum as they seem to imply in their piece.

The European Court of Justice has delivered its much awaited judgment on the EU Minimum Wage Directive. The Court upheld the directive’s underlying principles but annulled two provisions. 🧵

🔻The Court of Justice of the EU has upheld the Directive on MinimumWages but annulled parts of Article 5. The ECJ found that certain provisions on wage adequacy criteria and indexation mechanisms interfered directly with pay, exceeding the EU’s powers under the Treaties!

The directive stands, but Denmark gets partial victory in landmark case on minimum wage at European Court of Justice. Changes to some articles. Denmark is ordered to pay 2/3 of the costs. #minimumwage

🚨🚨New up-to-date data on employer organisations, trade union membership and collective bargaining coverage, as well as minimum wage setting mechanisms for 55 countries 👇👇

📊 #TradeUnion density in OECD countries has fallen from 30% in 1985 to 15% in 2024. #CollectiveBargaining coverage has also declined, while employer organisation membership remains stable. New OECD Policy Brief explores the trends 👉 oe.cd/6cz

Great news indeed!

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Parole importanti del Pres Orsini sui salari stamattina. Confindustria potrebbe trincerarsi (è successo in passato) dietro al fatto che le proprie aziende già pagano meglio delle altre. Invece riconosce un “problema nazionale” a cui sente di contribuire. Una sfida da raccogliere.

Prossimo appuntamento con #laquestionesalariale lunedì prossimo, 2 giugno, al Festival dell’economia si Torino con Eva Giovannini, Giorgio Airaudo, Giulia Tancredi e Roberto Mania al bellissimo Circolo dei lettori! Garantito che non vi annoierete! 😃

Bella, viva e partecipata presentazione de #laquestionesalariale ieri a Roma. Il libro si legge come un giallo, ha detto Nunzia Penelope. Ma non c’è un assassino. Come sull’orient express la mano è di tutti. Più che deresponsabilizzare questo dà a tutti la possibilità di agire.

Ci vediamo a Roma giovedì prossimo per parlare de #laquestionesalariale? 📅 Giovedì 15 maggio ⏰ ore 17 📍 AREL – Piazza S. Andrea della Valle 6, Roma 🎙️Con Elsa Fornero, Giorgio Graziani, Enrico Letta e Roberto Mania moderati da Nunzia Penelope.

Ci vediamo a Roma giovedì prossimo per parlare de #laquestionesalariale? 📅 Giovedì 15 maggio ⏰ ore 17 📍 AREL – Piazza S. Andrea della Valle 6, Roma 🎙️Con Elsa Fornero, Giorgio Graziani, Enrico Letta e Roberto Mania moderati da Nunzia Penelope.

Per la #GiornataDelLibro 📚 ecco alcuni dei libri che hanno ispirato il dialogo su #laquestionesalariale con Roberto Mania. Da Bocca ad Accornero fino a opere più recenti. Ogni pagina letta, anche quelle che ho condiviso di meno, mi ha fatto pensare. Grazie!

UPDATE: New data on public social spending. On average, OECD countries spent 21% of their GDP on public social spending in 2024. Compare your country and discover more data insights with OECD’s Social Expenditure Database ➡️ oe.cd/5-m #SocialSpending #SocialPolicy #OECD

Ricca recensione de #LaQuestioneSalariale sulla #Domenica del Sole 24 Ore. Mi ha colpito la sottolineatura che non si tratta di un libro con "soluzioni incorporate". È così! Non volevamo un "libro a tesi". Serve piuttosto un metodo e continuità per avanzare.

📺Il punto di Paolo Pagliaro riprende alcuni dei messaggi de #laquestionesalariale 🔗 www.la7.it/otto-e-mezzo... #La7 #ottoemezzo

Today is the day! Da oggi in libreria! #laquestionesalariale

📢 Venerdì 21 marzo esce un piccolo #libro su un grande tema, la questione salariale italiana. 📉 Con Roberto Mania abbiamo provato a capire come mai i redditi da lavoro in #Italia siano fermi dagli anni Novanta e come si inverte la rotta. 📖 In pre-ordine in libreria e online 👉 lnkd.in/dwfd8Hdt

#RealWages are now rising in almost all OECD countries, but in two-thirds of them, workers still haven’t regained the purchasing power lost since early 2021. See the latest trends: www.oecd.org/en/publicati...

"This shift [to inheritocracy] has alarming economic and social consequences, because it imperils not just the meritocratic ideal, but capitalism itself. ... It creates a rentier class that faces a series of bad incentives." www.economist.com/leaders/2025...

Very unsettling indeed

"Arbeit macht frei" - work makes one free, was a cynical welcome at Auschwitz I. SS guards often told prisoners of #Auschwitz that the only way out from the camp was through the chimney of the crematorium. Learn about the sign: https://buff.ly/4gNusbg (Photo: https://buff.ly/4geYVP3)

Eighty years ago today, over 7,000 prisoners of the German Nazi camp #Auschwitz, including some 700 children, were liberated by the soldiers of the Soviet Army. 1,689 days of murder, pain, suffering, and humiliation were over. Today, we all remember. We must keep remembering.

Governments globally are struggling to contain a demographic crisis amid rising costs for housing and childcare, as well as social factors such as fewer young people being in relationships www.ft.com/content/19ce...

🏭 High-emission industries account for almost 80% of emissions but employ only 7% of workers. As jobs in these sectors decline, new opportunities arise - but not always in the same sectors, regions or occupations. How do we bridge the gap? 👉 www.oecd.org/en/publicati... #NetZero #ClimateAction

How do unions and collective bargaining work around the world? And how do they affect the wage structure? A new paper with Suresh Naidu and Benjamin Schoefer @schoefer.bsky.social out NBER WP today and prepared for the Handbook of Labor Economics. Thread below. 👇

Salari bassi: di chi è la colpa? My op-ed on the Italian daily La Stampa www.lastampa.it/economia/202...