Trying to track down the original of this article written by Loretta Napoleoni - the Italian economist and analyst, prior to the G8 meeting in Italy. Here’s a quote (translated from Italian):

“The G8 is the weapon of choice of the most powerful in the world against the great crises of capitalism. Yet thirty years after its birth it’s reasonable to ask if it has ever one a single battle, if it’s time to modernise it and if it’s best not to expect anything major from the meeting in Aquila”