The market and the temple/19 - The Counter-Reformation was also a decisive time for the economic and social culture of Italy and Southern Europe.
By Luigino Bruni
Published in Avvenire ...
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The market and the temple/18 - Monastic lockup was about "shutting in" women and "shutting out" male interference.
By Luigino Bruni
Published in Avvenire 07/03/2021
The social and...
The temple and the market/17 - The negative stigma placed on unwed women gradually led to the birth of new Monti, entities of credit and charity.
By Luigino Bruni
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The market and the temple/16 - The great Duns Scotus interpreted the version of the "golden rule" of the Gospels as a rule of economic sociality.
By Luigino Bruni
Published 21/02/2021 in...
The Market and the Temple/15 - Theological prohibitions have been able to generate means of freedom for merchants and intellectuals such as insurance companies and universities.
by Luigino...
The Market and the Temple/14 - Literature is a metaphor for the spirit of the past while also helping us to understand the mercantile ethics of the Middle Ages
by Luigino Bruni
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The Market and the Temple/13 - The merchant writers hand down pages of life and economic stories in the name of competence, sobriety, beauty and faith to us.
By Luigino Bruni
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The Market and the Temple/12 - The Latin and pre-capitalist humanism of medieval cities and merchants and the critique of the spirit of capitalism.
By Luigino Bruni
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The Market and the Temple/11 - The weaving of relationships that Tuscan Francesco Datini made great is exemplary. Pessimism, cynicism, envy and distrust are the great capital sins of any...
The Market and the Temple/10 - In the first multinational companies that arose in the Christian cities of the fourteenth century, the poor were the representatives of God and took part in the...
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- Time is a common good, even if we have forgotten it
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- Not to love the world but to take care of humanity
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