Tutta la verità sul Piano Mattei per l’Africa

[Autom. eng. transl.] The name of the president of Eni has returned to the fore as one of the architects of the Italian economic boom. The essay notes that at the origins of his commitment a broader perspective can be identified, conceived and shared by Catholic intellectuals between war, Resistance and Liberation. The undoubted qualities of the man of action would not have been able to obtain such significant results if they had not found inspiration in a set of social principles, centered on the persuasion that, to overcome the obstacles that slowed down development, it was necessary to take into account the needs of the subjects weakest, in Italy and in the world.