Marco manacorda enrico moretti biography

New York graphic designer Danielle Oteri recalls meeting a striking 28-year-old adonis at an eatery in Sicily and lingering over a romantic glass of wine.

But just when sweet poetry began to flow from his lips, a cell phone erupted into song. "Ehm...

Marco manacorda enrico moretti biography

just a minute," he whispered. "It's Mamma. She wants to know when I'll be home." For Oteri, the Italian stereotype of mammismo—the exaggerated bond between Italian men and their mothers—was confirmed.

A whopping 37 percent of Italian men aged 30 to 34 still live with their parents—twice as many as women of the same ages—and Italy's economic minister is losing patience.

Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa's latest proposal to stimulate the economy is to lure men toward autonomy with a tax break: "Let's get those big babies out of the house," he declared in October of 2007.

The public reacted with outrage.

"Staying with family at least assures a roof over your head," says attorney Beppe Serelli. "While it