Here in the 21st century, Moto Guzzi wants very much to be a part of the Italian fine-goods nexus along with the mass-class brands Aprilia and Vespa.

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Trade in goods also looks fine.

ECONOMIST: Latin America and Europe

There was Erasmus Darwin, an enormously fat doctor, Matthew Boulton, a pushy metal-goods manufacturer, and Josiah Wedgwood, the man who turned fine pottery into a commercial goldmine.

ECONOMIST: 18th-century science

This is fine for flying tiny microchips into Europe or America from Asia, but too expensive for clunkier goods.

ECONOMIST: Fast container ships