This morning NPR’s Morning Edition offered a introduction in the origins of modern banking and international trade. Basically the Catholic Church said lending money was not allowed so the business people developed a work-around that ultimately funded the Italian Renaissance.  What grabbed my attention was the interdependency of all these areas of thought and how they show up on our campuses as majors and minors.

http://www.npr.org/2012/01/31/145731770/in-italy-art-as-a-window-into-modern-banking