Friday, 04 May 2012 10:33
Written by Luigino Bruni
Today the marked offers us entertainment, but has lost the real sense of celebrations
By Luigino Bruni
published on Mondo e Missione, May 2012

On 30 May, Professor Luigino Bruni will hold one of the main talks at the theological-pastoral Congresses, at the Fair of Milan, in the context of the VII Would Meeting for Families. The theme he will address will be: “The family, work and celebrations in today’s world.”
There is a new form of hunger that is striking our consumer and capitalistic societies: hunger for time. One of the reasons one time at the root of the prohibition on lending money with interest in return (or usury), was the conviction that time was not a good at human beings disposition, but belonged to God.
And therefore, if time belongs to God, and if in a money loan what changes between the giving of the loan and its restitution is only time (that has passed), and if I ask for interest on it, its as if I was making a profit on time.