American dream come true Friends call him Shelly. Who is he? From where and how did he amass such wealth? " “Sheldon Gary Adelson (born August 6, 1933) is...
On trial – Republican and Democratic Ideology Free Enterprise Which candidate can support it best? Who can help the nation derive the greatest outcome? Mike Dorning’s headline needs a little interpretation,...
Ezra Klein addresses Congressional Performance Congress focused on government spending that was surely outstripping revenues as a percentage of gross domestic products. The President and Congress failed to address...
Camille Paglia, in addressing socialist tendencies of some American university students, said that the toilets in which they graffitied their slogans came from capitalism. There is a problem with that argument. There were toilets in the Soviet Union as well; and there are...
One of Zimbabwe’s legendary arts and culture hangout, the Book Cafe and Mannenberg, located at the Five Avenues Mall in Harare’s Avenues suburb is scheduled to close its doors to the public at the end of the year due to lack of lease renewal by Old Mutual Property, owners...
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I've lived during the boom of 1990s, and I've lived during the economic gloom of the last decade. What I've seen is as follows: When capitalism works, it works wonders; but when it doesn't, things get really ugly, really quickly. In a purely capitalist setting, where everyone...
A Good Life for Allhttp://politisite.com/2011/10/23/a-good-life-for-all/ " "As a liberal I believe “a good life for all” is an individual right. You could say having an equal opportunity to pursue a good life...
Having seen the film featuring Sam Vaknin, "I Psychopath," I am embarrassed to say that Mr. Vaknin is not who I thought he was. I had a college classmate with the same name, which Mr. Vaknin, being a generation...
Speaking with a brilliant and thoughtful individual, she said, “It isn’t capitalism that is the problem, it is the unscrupulous people who cheated the system. They committed harm and walked away. They are not...
In pursuit of new economy The article contains subjects that are not all aligned with this headline, though I do enjoy labels that fit to describe today’s faltering economic system. Miliband wants to end the...
Nature in Economics The economic process involves and affects a large number of aspects. While classical economics is concerned mostly with the entrepreneur, other economists have emphasized other economic...
By Sam Vaknin Author of "Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited""It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows." Epictetus The denizens of the former Soviet and socialist countries are marked by their resistance to learning from others. Now that...
Experienced U.S. economists worry about America's lagging financial position, in response to Obama's administration and their inability to boost the economy at a pace fast enough to satisfy angry American...
There are people who believe human nature to be any number of things, ranging from economic self-interest to collective action for benefit of humanity to supporting life on earth. To have a rightful understanding...
By Sam Vaknin Author of "Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited"Question: What have been the most successful approaches to attracting direct foreign investments: offering prospective investors tax breaks and similar benefits, or improving the overall investment...