We the Italians July 18, 2016 - 81 | Page 46

th # 81 JULY 18 , 2016 tH # 81 juLY 18 , 2016 wealth produced in Italy: 89,7 billion €. But there's more, because culture has on the rest of the economy a multiplier effect of 1.8: in other words, for every euro produced by culture, it activates € 1,8 in other areas. So, the 89,7 billion "stimulate" other 160,1: this means that 249,8 billion is the total amount of money produced by the entire cultural sector, the 17% of the domestic value, with tourism as the main beneficiary of this flywheel effect. The Cultural Production System (alone, without considering the jobs activated in the other segments of our economy) employs 1,5 million people, the 6.1% of total employment in Italy. Comparing the data with those of the last five years, the total values ​​of the supply chain are growing, although of very little: + 0.6% value added product, and up 0.2% the number of employees. We fully understand the weight of these values only by comparing them with those of the opposite sign, the ones about the whole eco- 46 | WE THE ITALIANS WE THE ITALIANS | 47 www.wetheitalians.com www.wetheitalians.com