“I’m looking for collaborators. In exchange, gratitude and a dinner.” Storm over economist Boldrin

A barrage of insults to the academic and ex-politician for asking for free work. But he counters: “Fail”

“I’m looking for a trusted manager for my podcast channels that I don’t have time to follow. Anyone who wants to help – in exchange for gratitude and a dinner when we have a chance to meet – write to my work address.” This is the Facebook ad caused a few hours ago by economist and ex-politician Michele Boldrin that caused a real earthquake on the Net.

Boldrin has an outstanding academic career developed in the United States, China and Europe. In addition, he was one of the founders of the “Doing to Stop the Decline” party, which participated in the 2013 political elections but, due to the Oscar Giannino fake diplomas scandal, did not achieve memorable results, to the point of being dissolved for a short period. of time later.

However, academic and political experience did not make Boldrin guess what effect the Facebook ad might have had. Dozens and dozens of comments from young people exasperated by yet another free job offer, which came from someone who seems unable to pay an employee.

The protagonist, however, does not back down and in a later post sharpens his weapons: will. to get involved.” And further: “Analyzing them allows us to better understand the depth and radical nature of the Italian decline. All this is in the human capital, in the intellectual and moral quality of the population and of the new generations in particular. Hence the interest: trying to see who the national bankruptcies are, the viruses that circulate freely in the country’s body and consume it, the violent parasites that eat the Italian social body and, in doing so, destroy the tree that feeds them”. Words certainly meant to reignite the controversy.