I-Search+by+Cassidy

by Cassidy
 * __Financial Crisis in Italy__**

I know that there are several problems going on in Italy right now. I constantly hear on the news about several drastic problems going on, but I'm not sure exactly what. All I know is that there is a problem going on with their government. I also think that it's having trouble with it's money based on what I've heard. Part II--What I Want to Find Out ** There are many questions that I have for my topic, problems in Italy. What are the current problems with the government in Italy? This is a question I would want to have answered because I heard that the government was going through some major government crisis at the moment. I never learned, or looked into, what it was though. Are there any conflicts with the location? If so, could this cause earthquakes and other natural disasters? This is another question I want answered because there are many countries that go through problems with earthquakes and other types of natural disasters because of where they are placed in the world. This could be the same case with Italy. Another question I would have would be what caused the financial crisis that is currently going on? Did something long term or short term cause this as well.
 * Part I--What I already know about my topic**

I chose one of the websites that I researched because it gave me a lot of useful information about my topic. It explained a lot of new facts that I didn't know about the topic. It discussed the problems with Italy's government and the political crisis. The minister just resigned and this has caused a dramatic change in the politics. The government was very fragile and this one change caused a drastic change that's going in a negative direction. I also chose this website because I didn't know that these problems were going on. I've never heard or looked into most of the information I found on this website.
 * Part III--The Search **

Over the weekend, I went to the library and tried to find a book about the government and the financial situation in Italy. I was unsuccessful with finding either of these books because this is a new and not well known topic. I couldn't find any books that would help me out with my topic, but instead I found websites that helped me out. Two books that I did find had nothing to do with my topic and that's the closest I could get to a book about the financial crisis in Italy or the government issues in Italy. I also searched alot for someone to interview, but once again could not find anything. There's no one that I could find to interview because many people don't know about this serious issue and how much it's effecting Italy right now. The only people I could find was people for Greece because that's the well known topic. Italy has almost the same financial problem, but Italy isn't announced as often.

Another source that I used was very helpful because it explained a lot about the financial crisis. I learned a lot about the causes and effects of this crisis. Italy was spending too much and trying to make up for their debt by printing more money which just made matters worse. They are in so much trouble right now, and there's not much being done. They are in debt and going under inflation. They are trying to find another way to make money and cut back on spending, but nothing is working out too well which is really negative for Italy. For every dollar that they make they are spending about one dollar and seventeen cents. This is adding up to alot of money that's just increasing. What I learned was that the financial crisis was mostly caused by Italy spending about one dollar to a dollar and seventeen cents for every dollar they made. They were then just printing more money which brought th value of the euro down a lot. This problem is continuing and getting worse on time goes on. This is not only a problem in Italy, but in many countries in Europe as well. The euro's value is going down, and this is affecting most of them including Italy. The banks are also beginning to cut back on banking loans which is usually a sign that there is a problem economically. The banks aren't lending, and the problem is increasing. Italy may not be the European country in the worst condition financially, but it is certainly pretty close. It will just get closer as time goes on because there's not any easy way to go back.
 * Part IV--What I Learned**

Endres, Hans-Josef, and Andrea Siebert-Raths. //Technische Biopolymere//. Hanser Verlag, 2009. Print
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Sostre, Pedro, Jennifer LeClaire, John Longo, David Kline, Daniel Burstein, Keith Fitz-Gerald, John Kao, Graham Edmonds, Altin Ilirjani, and Christine Mahoney. //Brussels versus the Beltway//. Georgetown Univ Pr, 2008. Print.

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