Post-pandemic investment priorities: finance and health dominate Italy's budget
The article reflects on Italy's post-pandemic economic priorities, analyzing public spending data from 2018 on budget.g0v.it. The largest budget items are debt repayment and healthcare, representing finance and survival. The author argues these reveal a collective metaphysical horizon where financial instruments and biological duration outweigh other values. A tiny budget item for architecture, contemporary art, design, and fashion is noted as a potential counterbalance. The piece questions whether the pandemic has truly shifted values toward solidarity or if society will revert to pre-2019 norms.
Key facts
- The article analyzes Italy's 2018 public spending data from budget.g0v.it.
- The two largest budget items are debt repayment and healthcare.
- The author compares these priorities to ancient Egyptian funerary monuments and medieval cathedrals.
- A small budget item exists for architecture, contemporary art, design, and fashion.
- The article was published in Artribune Magazine #55.
- The author is Marco Senaldi, a philosopher and curator.
- The piece questions whether pandemic solidarity will persist.
- The article suggests post-pandemic scenario will enlarge the two main budget bubbles.
Entities
Artists
- Marco Senaldi
Institutions
- Artribune
- Università di Milano Bicocca
- IULM di Milano
- FMAV di Modena
- Accademia di Brera
- LABA Libera Accademia di Belle Arti
Locations
- Italy