In Milan, researchers from Cergas Bocconi presented a study showing that the rising cost of pensions will use up all the money needed for health care in the coming years. The dossier is another warning about how bad the demographic emergency is in Italy, which is the only European country in this situation. The number of Italians is getting smaller and older. The number of workers to retirees is 10 to 6, which means that there are less than two workers for every retiree. In the coming years, this imbalance will get worse. It is a very dangerous system, which is easy to see if you read the public finance documents carefully. By 2025, pension costs are expected to rise by 69 billion, and interest on the debt is expected to rise by 23 billion. Together, these two costs are expected to take up 90% of the increase in total state spending. Alessandro Rosina and Roberto Impicciatore's book "Storia demografica d'Italia," published by Carocci, does a good job of summarizing the different parts of the same problem. The book talks about the future of the social security system and how money problems are hurting other important areas like health and education. The two scholars, on the other hand, warn that the depressing scenario that comes out of the projections — with a shrinking population, an aging population, and imbalances that can't be fixed — shouldn't be accepted as a given. On the demographic front, there are a lot of things that can be done to help get the birth rate back up. Or to control immigration through inclusion, integration, and matching the number of workers needed with the number of workers available.