Jun 25, 2015
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by Andrea Marini
To understand just what the 2024 Olympic run means for Italy and Rome you've got to consider the games that took place in the Italian capital in far-away 1960.
Gold medals were showered on a nation experiencing an all-out economic boom, with GDP that year growing by 5.4% and surging by 8.4% the following year - growth that today is characteristic of India or China - thanks to massive public spending programs. Some 64 billion in old lire were spent.
Fonte: Italy24
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