Goodbye Prof. R. Antinolfi

Prof. Ricciotti Antinolfi

 

Only by chance I have discovered, today,  that on February 1st this year, my Economic Policy professor at the University of Naples disappeared. I can say that my choice of attending his course was one of the best in my entire career; it wasn’t an easy subject, I had to give the exam three times before taking it (I wasn’t satisfied with the grade), but he made it possible for us to learn how to have a critical approach to economic policy and keep our own opinions as independent and free from any kind of external influence.

He was professor at both Siena’s University and Naples’. In 1984 he was host at Harvard University to research on J. K. Galbraith economic thought. He mainly focussed his research on: macroeconomic theories, history of economic thought, theory of property rights and entrepreneurship, Italian economy, development problems in southern Italy. He was an amazing professor and a great man.

Goodbye Professor

La Verità su Tremonti

Giulio Tremonti, attuale Ministro dell’Economia, è laureato in Giurisprudenza. Ed è la verità. Al massimo nella sua vita avrà dato 2 esami di economia.

America doesn’t have it!

or at least is not that diffused as in Europe…

I have been here since almost two months and here is the thing, I must say, with laughter, I miss the most:

The bidet!

I know, I know, this post is hilarious, but every european reading this article is likely to have at least a hint of how I could be feeling, and really I don’t understand why here it’s not used! I find it so hygienical and useful… and most of all is something I have always been using in all of my life. So, interested by this issue, tonight I googled it! And the wikipedia page popped out by giving me precious information: definition, history, location, culture and mostly the reason why it didn’t appeal in this country! I will therefore link the page in this article, in order not to deprive you of the pleasure to discover this bathroom item by yourself. I would only add that modern bidets are built in this way… and are continuously cleaned at every usage! (tsk!)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bidet

 

If you don’t have it, well give it a chance!