Storia - History Naples and Sicily 8 Giu 20218 Mag 2021 Up to the end of 18.th century, the Kingdom of Naples and the Kingdom of Sicily were in fact independent of each other, under a personal union of the crowns:…
Economia (Economics)… Can religion boost growth? 1 Giu 202126 Apr 2021 The sociologist Max Weber famously argued that religion can influence economic performance through its effect on character traits such as the work ethic. Barro and McCleary subject this view to…
Politica (Politics)… 1968 8 Mag 202113 Apr 2021 According to Niall Ferguson, the leftist movement of students that gave origin to the 1968 revolutionary issue was not due to desire of communism or social revolution but only to…
Storia - History… The Kingdom of Two Sicilies and the Italian unification 6 Mag 202110 Ago 2021 We shall not describe in detail all the events of 1860 and 1861, however some points need to be clarified: we can not really believe that Garibaldi has conquered a…
Storia - History… The Kingdom of two Sicilies: were the Bourbons a foreign dinasty? 22 Apr 202110 Ago 2021 It's common opinion that, among the reasons of the wars fought for the Union of Italy, one of the main drivers was to reach the independence from foreign rules. …
Società (Human Society) What “youth” exactly means 21 Mar 2021 In my previous post, I have said something relevant to having said "farewell to the youth", that in my case I can identify with a definite date. After that, I…
Storia - History Brexit, its roots in history 18 Mar 20213 Feb 2021 The exit of the United Kingdom from the European union has deep historical roots, if we really want to understand the events we must start from long time ago, since…
Attualità… Social services and market economy 25 Feb 20212 Feb 2021 Majority of people, at least in Europe, would agree on the fact that some services, commonly called "social services" (*) such as health care, should be given free of charge…
Varie (Various items) Personal method to loose weight 23 Feb 202111 Feb 2021 In order to reduce your body weight you do not need diets, counting calories, extravagant pills and so on, you only need a scale and an Excel file (I think…
Attualità… Prophets of doom 16 Feb 20217 Feb 2021 We like to remind a statement from Pope St. John XXIII, on the introductory speech to the opening session of the Ecumenical Council Vatican II: (4.3) AT NOBIS PLANE DISSENTIENDUM…