(Oh) Dear Berlusconi!!!
August 08, 2003
This week, The Economist centered its crosshairs on Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, challenging him in an open letter to answer allegations of corruption and dodgy dealings. It wasn't the first time the venerable British weekly has gone on the offensive against Italy's richest man, but perhaps the most relentless. The Economist's Editor-in-Chief Bill Emmott tells Brooke what motivated the five-page salvo.



