"What is Convenient" or Art between Economics and Politics

Is it convenient therefore, to invest in culture and in cultural activities? One can better grasp the spirit and meaning of the question if for a moment, one reflects on the ancient Latin and humanistic meaning of convenience. Today, in all fields, what is “convenient” refers to what is useful, in the sense that it provides immediate gain. In Latin, convenientia, from the verb convenire, has a figurative sense that is very close to that of the verb decet, which for us has been minimized in the moralistic sense of ‘decency’. In both classical and Christian, and medieval and humanistic culture too, decet does indeed have a more complex meaning, a meaning, that is at the root of the idea of public good, even though modern constitutions have obliterated or better, perhaps, internalized this acceptation without ever clarifying it.