Olimpia Fontana has a PhD in political economy from Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore with a thesis in Post Keynesian economics and heterodox economic models. She is Mario Albertini Fellow of the Centro Studi sul Federalismo, where she has been a researcher since 2013; she’s Adjunct Professor in Macroeconomis at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Cremona Campus. She deals with European economic policy issues, with a focus on the Eurozone economic governance and investment policy related with environmental and social aspects.

• List of acronyms – Acknowledgement – Introduction – Investment policy in European strategies: A brief history – Investment: Some definitions and macroeconomic dynamics –Investment and the financial crisis – Proposals to boost investment in the post-financial crisis – The Covid-19 crisis and solidarity in Europe – The European Social Green Deal –An investment plan for Africa – The long and promising road to genuine European own resources – Conclusions – References – Sitography