1) First is now clear that the initiative of 30 November is a way to make young people feel that the Christian community cares about their projects and, in this moment of transformation, try to understand together to them about the possible prospects for their lives. That moment of closeness is achieved in the University and with the style of university life: research. If someone wants to participate (we hope!), See the instructions on the website of FUCI http://www.bergamo.fuci.net/
2) One of the first thoughts that seemed interesting is the relationship between politics and economics. We have a clear impression that today there is a primacy of economics over politics. Of course this fact, if it is confirmed as true, indicates that somehow the economic flows, not only influence, but somehow determine people's lives. Furthermore, it seems, that if the policy to govern civil society and its needs must express what are the priorities to which it relates and, accordingly, to say what kind of man thinks asking for consent, the economy actually enters determine our lives whatever the interpretation of the priorities and consensus. Of course we know, from novice, that the issue is more complex, but we feel this impotence of politics, which should instead projects that in some way open for a young man, are the condition to look forward.
3) Regarding the previous point, the Pope in his latest encyclical, but also in more recent speeches, insists that the economic problem is not only a problem of employment, even if the jobs for young people remains a priority. He insists on the question of lifestyles: the future is not just a job, but change the way we live, even from an economic perspective. Of course we believe that it is not possible to talk about lifestyles without saying that this idea of \u200b\u200bman and also as a turning point involves mediation ethics shared by civil society. We wonder if the world economy is aware of this and is willing to discuss it, namely to field concepts that are cheap because they are anthropological.
4) From our readings and discussions show that young people today are very competent and resourceful. However it also appears that one of the hallmarks of action is the functional one: I take something, or do I make an action only if it somehow I need. It seems to us that the turn-style of life requires a perspective that also requires the free. The latter is an economic concept? We learned, for example, that some companies in the Bergamo area has become very hard to get by in recent times, but entrepreneurs have reduced their earnings just to keep people thinking to their families: the series the people are the first investment. This made us very happy and even surprised us. But we wonder if this has been the prevailing trend of the business world. Open to the profession with the knowledge to enter the working world to play as people make it less difficult to think about his future and reveals the human dimension of the economy that is often unavailable.
5) The last point concerns the preparation of young people. Of course, today it now seems unlikely to assume that one is immediately released by the university and the work that is its specialty. We call if the University is aware of this and it tends to give a training aid flexibility. Think about it ... Don James
