At least the trains were running on time...

Berlusconi's comments about Mussolini were not mainly about economics so I will not discuss them in detail here. However, what he said certainly raises all sorts of questions about the ways in which we learn, or rather not learn, from history. And unfortunately, this is not about the twisted views of one individual. A substantial part of the Italian electorate either share his views or at least don't mind sufficiently to drop him.