"A country that seems to lean into the void but never really falls into it may actually be firmly anchored there, like the Tower of Pisa." -Joseph LaPalombara The Italian republic, at forty, is alive and well. Some consider this fact a miracle; many more judge it a paradox. Italy is the country of permanent crisis, where there have been forty-five national governments in forty years. Tax evasion is a way of life, one adult in three...