Italian Economy is a Joke

I'm back from Rome but can't give up reading about the Italian economy quite yet. Found the Doing Business Project and it ranks Italy as, well, not that bad as a place to do business. So even though I spent my time in Italy getting progressively more depressed about the business climate there - and looking at the OECD region, they definitely still have plenty of room for improvement - it seems like things just aren't as bad as Aldo made them out to be.