On October 31, 2014, the Bank of Japan made public its policy of buying larger amounts of government debt—80 trillion yen ($734 billion) a ...

With government-bond purchases of $3.9 trillion (including mortgage-backed bonds) from November 25, 2008 to October 30, 2014, the U.S. Fede...

In October of 2014, the prime minister of the E.U. state of Britain blatantly (and quite publically) refused to pay a “bill” that the E...

The sacred and the profane are like oil and water—oil for anointing and water for cleaning. The viability or value of the sacred does not d...

Should healthcare, foodstuffs, and shelter be treated as commodities subject to the buyer’s ability to pay, or designated as rights because...

With California entering its fourth year of severe drought and the planet having its warmest August and September since records began in 18...

In Canada, Thanksgiving is celebrated at harvest-time, on October 12 th , rather than a week before the first month of winter in the Northe...

Film is indeed an art form, but the medium can also function as a teacher in how it conveys values and wisdom. Both of these features of fi...

Geopolitical risk is essentially uncertainty to the market. Given the nature of human fear, the psyche can add a “multiplier effect” to an ...

According to The Wall Street Journal, a study sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in 2009 uncovered “a culture of suppression...

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If you are not careful, you could come away from the film, Proof (2005) as a scientist, for the scientific method enjoys a starring role, ...

According to one study of people around the world, people of different cultures, incomes, religions, and other differences show “a universa...

People either obey a powerful government official or rebel. A rebellion does not typically include continued loyalty to the sovereign. The ...

In the typical business school, this question would be interpreted, or “refurbished.” Can students be trained to become ethical leaders? Wh...