(Musical preambule) 

Let me remember the Righeira Bros. (in the early 80's) singing "No Tengo Dinero" ("Got no dough"). Back then I thought the Italian duo from Turin was ironically out of touch with the reality of the soaring Eighties.

It turned out I was wrong:

1- indeed they were eeringly spot-on, singing about the drama implied by Reagan's creepy-crawling "competitive easing". Introduced under disguise (eg credit-cards boom) it turned hordes of over-spending, Vuitton-branded yuppies into yuffies and debt-donkeys. Just like Pinocchio story described a century before; 

and - most terrifyingly so:

2) when compared to economic experts Righeiras also proved much better at foretelling where all of that Ronnie-razzamatazz would lead us to: endemic economic crisis and its first salve - the "sub-prime crash" in Aug. 2007.

Although Righeira is usually associated with cheap muzak, I liked them a lot and do like them now: a) highly professional music b) refined art direction (see their videos - or shoes!) c) still fashionable thirty years after d) great economic acumen - worth a Nobel, if you ask me.

And - yes! - e) they can even be associated to coffee - not just because they are from Turin - hometurf of the Lavazza giant and Casa del Caffe'/ Vergnano.