Shall we consider the hypothesis that the south tend to under report its wealth? Mafia people wouldnt anyone to know how rich they are.
I recall the mediterrean diet as longevity hack being debunked, because poor people in Italy and Greece pretended to be older (or hided death of loved one) for some administrative benefit. We could have something similar to explain the striking difference in north and south Italy
Old info from the ministry of economics (2010ish) in Italy is that at lest 30% of the economy is black (unreported). The majority of it would be in the south.
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Shall we consider the hypothesis that the south tend to under report its wealth? Mafia people wouldnt anyone to know how rich they are. I recall the mediterrean diet as longevity hack being debunked, because poor people in Italy and Greece pretended to be older (or hided death of loved one) for some administrative benefit. We could have something similar to explain the striking difference in north and south Italy
Old info from the ministry of economics (2010ish) in Italy is that at lest 30% of the economy is black (unreported). The majority of it would be in the south.