Prodi: Italy as boiled frog

When you pop a frog in a pot of boiling water, it jumps out. When you put it in cold water and gradually turn up the heat, it gets boiled. Could Romano Prodi’s resignation as Italy’s prime minister provide the trigger that stops the country from becoming a boiled frog? Could it lead to a catharsis of the political and economic mess that has dragged the country down for far too many years? If only. Prodi had an undistinguished nine months in power. He had few radical ideas for reforming the econo...