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The paradigm of territorial competition envisages that the object of regulation is the economic development trajectory of the city as a system. This is a radical change from the past, when public policies for European cities were aimed at correcting only the partial imbalances that emerged from a development path exogenously defined by the national policy makers. Purpose of this article is to present a reasoned review of some recent contributions analysing the problems of urban spaces in Italy, looking at Milan as a case study. The discussion focuses on the consequences that the Milanese economic development model determines on economic sustainability in different neighbourhoods of the city, and then analyses the effects that social innovations can have on urban and territorial economic development, referring in particular to the experience of Milan's fablabs. It seems necessary to rethink the relationship between the centre and the suburbs. ; Il paradigma della competizione territoriale prevede che l'oggetto di regolazione sia costituito dalla traiettoria di sviluppo economico della città come sistema. Si tratta di un cambiamento radicale rispetto al passato quando le politiche pubbliche per le città europee erano indirizzate a correggere soltanto i disequilibri parziali che emergevano a partire da un percorso di sviluppo definito esogenamente dai policy maker nazionali. Scopo dell'articolo è presentare una rassegna ragionata di alcuni contributi recenti che hanno per oggetto l'analisi dei problemi degli spazi urbani in Italia, guardando a Milano come caso studio. La discussione si concentra sulle conseguenze che il modello di sviluppo economico milanese determina sulla sostenibilità economica nei diversi quartieri della città, approfondisce il tema degli effetti che le innovazioni sociali possono avere sullo sviluppo economico urbano e territoriale, riferendosi in particolare all'esperienza dei fablab milanesi, e sostiene quanto appaia urgente e necessario ripensare i rapporti fra centro e periferie.

The diffusion of alternative financial and credit circuits, in which the money favours the self-management of social wealth, may curb the expropriation caused by processes of abnormal indebtedness that increasingly characterise economic systems. The article proposes an examination of four experiences with complementary currencies that have sprung up in Europe after the recent crisis, distinguishing between local currencies (Sardex, SoNantes and Sol Violette) and crypto coins (Bitcoin). The possibility of taking advantage of the monetary know-how that animates various experiences (like crypto coins and local clearing houses) would contribute to the re-thinking money as a social institution. Three main topics are discussed: 1. the "political technologies" in which the alternative monetary circuits consist; 2. democratic participation in the decision-making processes that characterise them; and 3. the meaning of the sovereignties that they potentially define