Italian prime minister's adviser quits over failure to cut spending

Italy's Prime Minister Matteo Renzi attends a wreath laying ceremony for Cuba's independence hero Jose Marti at Revolution Square in Havana October 28, 2015. REUTERS/Enrique de la Osa

ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi's economic adviser has resigned over the government's reluctance to make targeted cuts in public spending.

Roberto Perotti, an economics professor at Milan's Bocconi University, was recruited by Renzi in September last year to try to identify cuts to unproductive spending, but most of his proposals were disregarded.