Wednesday, March 9, 2011

ITALY - The "euro generation" has become big

She died in 2002. One hundred and forty years of loyal service wiped out by a young ambitious currency shared by 17 countries. Today's read - the unknown - no longer wooed by the nostalgia and collectors. The euro generation - young people who grew up with the new currency - unaware of its existence.

You think I exaggerate? Listen to proof the actor Federico Russo, 13. "Can you tell me about the play, Federico?" "That is an old currency." "But you've never heard in school, at home, or at your grandparents?" "No , never. " "There is nothing surprising about that," says a reassuring tone Stefano Caselli, professor at Bocconi University in Milan.

From a societal perspective, we can compare this to the Internet. "Today, three generations live together: those who grew up in the stone age, those who have adapted and those born with the euro." Read more on Presseurop. eu ...

No comments:

Post a Comment