Measuring Happiness by General Well Being, not GDP
- Samuel Brittan Financial Times
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- February 02, 2012
The Greek philosopher Diogenes is said to have lived in a tub. But far from being dismissed as a crank, he was the only thinker whom Alexander the Great went to see – the others had to come to him. ...
Timely and Vital Greek Lessons on the Eurozone Crisis
- By George Provopoulos The Financial Times
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- January 26, 2012
Greece has undertaken painful adjustments and made progress in solving its problems, but the goals it is striving to achieve are taking longer than expected to be reached. The economy is in its fifth ...
Then and Now: America, Greece, and a World on Fire
- By Gideon Rachman Financial Times
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- January 19, 2012
It took an economic crisis in Greece in 1947 to force the US to assume world leadership. Now, more than 60 years later, another Greek crisis is showing what the world feels like without US leadership....
Investors Hedge Bets as Greece Awaits Bailout Payment
- Landon Thomas Jr. The New York Times
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- January 12, 2012
Could Greece’s next rescue payout go straight into the pockets of London hedge funds? That, more or less, is the bet that a growing number of investors are making now as they load up on Greek governme...
Are we alone in the universe? Intelligence’s Curse
- Charles Krauthammer
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- January 05, 2012
From the Washington Post - Published: December 29
Huge excitement last week. Two Earth-size planetsfound orbiting a sun-like star less than a thousand light-years away. This comes two weeks after t...
The Greece/FYROM Dispute: Beyond What’s in a Name
- Demetris Azemopoulos National Post
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- December 22, 2011
The issue of the name of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia ("A country called Macedonia, Metodija A. Koloski and Mark Branov, Nov. 29) is not just a dispute over historical facts or symbols bu...
Excerpts from a Conference Call about Greece
Poul Thomsen
Deputy Director, IMF
We have revised GDP growth down rather significantly, to minus 6 percent in 2011, and minus 3 percent in 2012.
… you know that we have expected here, in 2011, t...
Two Books add to Historical Scholarship about Alexander
- Peter Green (Wall Street Journal)
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- December 01, 2011
The previous season, after 11 years of campaigning, his battle-weary troops, faced in India with the prospect of a never-ending pursuit of conquest and Homeric glory, had mutinied and forced him to tu...
Greeks, Seeking Access to Health Care, Stuff Envelopes
- Avik Roy From forbes.com
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- November 17, 2011
In the land where Hippocrates was born, and the principle of selfless medicine invented, it has come to this: desperate Greek patients stuffing envelopes full of cash, in order to convince a doctor to...
New York Greeks Reel as Homeland Continues Slide
By Connor Adams Sheets
International Business Times
Members of New York's sizeable Greek-American population are reeling from the most recent developments in their home country, which threaten to ...
Greece is a Trading Partner for California Company
By Eve Troeh
From the Marketplace Morning Report
Greece is not a major trade partner for the U.S. But there's one California company that has a very specific role in Greece right now.
Jeremy Hobson...
The Euro Crisis: Lessons From Bear Stearns
Europe can't afford to bail out Italy, so it might as well send the right message now by forcing Greece to restructure its debt.
By David Skeel
From the Wall Street Journal
Ask a European officia...
Germany's Underlying Mediterranean Envy
By Todd G. Bughholz
The New York Times
GREECE is broke and broken. Its budget deficit bulges near 10 percent of gross domestic product, while the Germans choke theirs down to just 1.5 percent.
A...
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