As we survey the bombed out rubble of the Greek economy this morning we should consider the major lesson of it to us all: We should never underestimate the ability of politicians to entirely screw up ...
When Harry Richter, age 8, was picking a second language to learn, he went for the obvious choice: ancient Greek. “It’s just the first thing that popped into my head,” says Harry, a second-grade ...
With Greece now well on its way to exiting the euro, it is not too early to draw lessons for the International Monetary Fun (IMF) from its unfortunate Greek lending program. Since never before has the ...
It is said that those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Sadly, this adage appears again about to be proved true by the way in which the United States Congress is dealing, or more ...
As Athens burns after two years under an International Monetary Fund (IMF) – European Union (EU) adjustment program, one has to hope that Lisbon is paying attention to the Greek drama. Since, in order ...
Watching the periodic flare-ups of Greece’s ongoing debt crisis over the past five-plus years has been like watching a tragedy unfold in slow motion. 1) Government debt is a dangerous addiction and ...
The book has been translated into Persian by Fariba Arabzadeh and published by the Tehran-based Lega Press, Mehr reported. Originally Published in South Korea in 2011, the book is about a young, ...
For this Book Salon, we will read the breathtaking Korean book Greek Lessons by internationally renowned writer Han Kang. About the book (publisher's description): In a classroom in Seoul, a young ...