A closer look at Berlusconi should have told everyone that he was an unlikely nemesis of the establishment. He owed his rise in business to Socialist prime minister Bettino Craxi, who granted him exclusive TV licenses in exchange for political funding—and who ended his days in Tunisia, where he fled in order to avoid prison. Berlusconi united the political right and went on to become prime minister, a position he held three times in the past two decades and which he used only occasionally to push a small-government agenda. Most of his time seemed to be spent protecting his interests, erasing the line that separates business and politics, and making rude comments about other heads of state. nationalinterest.org/commentary/the-end-berlusconi-9799
Posted on: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 23:45:15 +0000
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