Train of the lawless (The illegality of leaving Italy with Italian currency)

The clerks and typists of Milan pause on their way to lunch, and look at the bank windows in the Piazza Cordusio. They watch the screens that (in one window) tell them the state of their shares and (in the next window) their bonds. Round the corner, more sophisticated onlookers are studying the options market.

The clerks and typists of Milan pause on their way to lunch, and look at the bank windows in the Piazza Cordusio. They watch the screens that (in one window) tell them the state of their shares and (in the next window) their bonds. Round the corner, more sophisticated onlookers are studying the options market.

These people, in the past 18 months, have discovered that they can share in the booming profits of their country’s industry.

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