The shiny stuff (political scandals, celebrity nonsense, and more) in the long run, does not matter. We must turn away from the distractions, but it’s hard when those who “design” the distractions are very V
A stubborn adherence tomaterialism/physicalismis the root cause of everything from terrorism to disease.For this reason, many are leaving it in favor of religion and various cults. However, this splintering of civilization is our downfall.Cults and religions that are even more inaccurate and damagi...
There are constant tensions between Kosovo’s government and ethnic Serb residents who live mostly in the north of Kosovo and who keep close ties to Belgrade. Mitrovica, the main city in the north, is effectively divided into an ethnic Albanian part and a Serb-held part, and the two si...
Utilitarianism is a tradition of ethical philosophy that's associated with Jeremy Bentham (1747-1832) andJohn Stuart Mill(1806-1873), two British philosophers, economists, and political thinkers. The theory holds that an action is right if it tends to promote happiness. It's wrong if it tends...
What is Hezbollah? Modern-day Lebanon was founded in 1920 under a sectarian system that saw official government positions shared out among a number of recognized religious sects in the country. The militant group Hezbollah was formed in 1982 as a Shiite Muslim political and military force, with ...
of responsibility or obligation. They really just want to come to college and explore what's available. And I think that if you are a student who's in that sort of a situation, then I think maybe you need to really consider whether or not an honors college is a good place for you...
Current economic situation A 29-country average of 37% say the current economic situation in their country is good, down 1pp from last month. The US sees the biggest month-on-month increase, up 6pp to 44%. This is the country’s highest good economy score in almost three years (44% ...
Adam Smith was one of the first economists to develop the underlying principles of rational choice theory. In his book,"An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations",published in 1776,Adam Smithintroduces the idea of the invisible hand. Theinvisible handis a metaphor for th...
Finally, we focused on the political dimension. There were only a few cases in which it was approached with a certain level of complexity, from critical postures, and relating actively the knowledge provided by the actors being part of the education situation. It is worthy to highlight two ar...
Theprincipal-agent problemarises when one party (the agent) acts on behalf of another (the principal) in a situation where their incentives may not be perfectly aligned and where there is asymmetric information. This concept, which has become central to modern economic and financial theory, emerge...