Big business and Italian industrial policies after World War II

State economic policy acted as a major determinant of Italy's economic growth after the Second World War. Government support to the industrialists' technological drive positively affected Italy's growth rate. Thus, in the years when entrepreneurs and government representatives shared common views, positive results emerged. This confluence of interests enabled Italy, for a few years, to direct its best effort to reaching the technological frontier and set the basis for the country's economic miracle.