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The Euro Zone: It’s All Greek to Me
Big Think's Chief Economist Daniel Altman examines the origins of the Euro Zone and some of the inherent challenges it faces.
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Can The Euro Zone Survive?
Journalist Mark Seddon writes that "Greece should be allowed to de-fault and regain its currency. The Euro zone may shrink in the process, but it would be more realistic for it."
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Rethinking Medicine
Deeply rooted beliefs about medicine are being disrupted, and this was the subject of a panel at The Nantucket Project, a festival of ideas that took place on the island from September 30 to October 2.
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What if Greece says "Can't Pay, Won't Pay"?
There's been a violent backlash on Greece's streets over the country's austerity package and $157b bailout. Angry Greeks are pressing for the country to default on its debt.
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Higher Education--Part 4: Should We Be More Puritanical?
about 3 hours ago
So Tocqueville found two sources of the American devotion to universal education. The first is the universal literacy that is a requirement for a country where everyone works for himself. Being middle class is somewhere in between being an aristocrat and being a slave (or servant). The aristocrat ... Read More
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Is this the best we can do for our kids?
about 5 hours ago
Deron Durflinger, a high school principal in Van Meter, Iowa, says: We need a system that isn't based on doing well on NAEP and PISA, but in which students are able to actually develop a love for learning. Being able to adapt and learn more and newer skills is the world our students live in and ... Read More
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If An Old Man Is an Annuity, How Much is He Worth on the Senior Sex Market?
about 7 hours ago
A friend of mother’s, a lovely older woman, casually remarked recently that the only way she would consider dating again would be if she found a man willing to provide both a doctor’s note and a bank statement. I can’t blame her for not wanting a new dependent at her age (not unless old lovers ... Read More
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Employers now Screening Candidates via Video
about 9 hours ago
What's the Latest Development? In her former life as an investment banker, Take the Interview start-up founder Danielle Weinblatt was often a part of the last step in the job selection process and also often disappointed by candidates, even though they'd been pre-screened. She wished she could ... Read More
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Creative Commons Education - Share Alike and bury the idea of Cheating
about 11 hours ago
I think it’s about time that we get rid of the idea that cheating is a bad thing per se. Generally speaking, cheating is nothing else than collaboration, something we even want to foster in education today. Also not that in order to cheat you need at least one person willing to share the right ... Read More
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da Vinci in London: The Art Revolution Will Be Televised
about 13 hours ago
When Leonardo da Vinci painted at the court of Milan from 1482 through 1499, he contributed to the revolution in seeing we now know as the Renaissance. Lorenzo de' Medici sent Leonardo as a peace offering to Ludovico il Moro, the Duke of Milan, but the original Renaissance man—painter, sculptor ... Read More
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The Euro Zone: It’s All Greek to Me
about 22 hours ago
What’s the Big Idea? How many drachmas do you want to bet that Europe’s not out of the woods yet? Faced with the prospect of a Greek default with dire repercussions for European markets, EU leaders Merkel and Sarkozy scrambled in October to craft a complex rescue package. Then at the 11th hour ... Read More
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539 - Vive le tweet! A Map of Twitter's Languages
1 day ago
What a joy these maps are to behold. It’s as if someone took one of those composite satellite maps - you know, impossibly showing the whole world at night, the darkness broken by hubs and strings of artificial light (1) - and gave it the power of speech. For the riot of colours on these maps ... Read More
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Marriage According to… Google
1 day ago
You’ve probably had this experience thousands of times. You’re Googling, and you start typing in a question. Google, like a jittery, over-zealous waiter, fills in the blank for you. Google provides the phrases that, statistically, you’re most likely about to ask, based on an archive of over 3 ... Read More
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Five Retirement Investments that Pay for a Lifetime
1 day ago
Ah retirement…you know the vision – vistas of long beaches, fairways, sunsets with umbrella drinks. Baloney. This imagery worked as an ideal for those who thought they might retire early and move to this future perfect oasis. New realities require us to rethink retirement. Yes, the economic downturn ... Read More
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Iowa Blogger Wants Cain To Man Up And Tell The Truth
1 day ago
Craig Robinson, a conservative blogger who runs The Iowa Republican , didn’t mince words last week, calling Herman Cain a liar who is not willing to take responsibility for his actions. Despite Cain's steady poll numbers the news media keep repeating over and over, the sexual harassment allegations ... Read More
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More Christians Defending Genocide
1 day ago
The professional debater William Lane Craig has been putting on a great show of offense lately that Richard Dawkins won't debate him, complete with silly stunts like leaving an empty chair on the stage. Dawkins concisely explains why he refused: first, he gets numerous invitations to debates like ... Read More
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Digital Video
Employers now Screening Candidates via Video
Employers now have a new tool "to cut through the crap and get to the right person" when recruiting–a video interview screening service.
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social networks
Twitter Out-Influencing Facebook
Twitter's microblogging/social network is much smaller than Facebook. So why do tweets have the edge in promoting news content–especially on mobile?
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Majority Support Social Network Blackout in Future Riots
Two-thirds of people surveyed in the U. K. support the temporary shutdown of services such as Twitter and Facebook in future riots in order to stem the spread of unrest.
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Web Power
Wikipedia founder: Internet can Topple Tyrants
Online encyclopedia pioneer Jimmy Wales is excited about the explosion of people online, saying it even gives those living under tyrants the power to demand change.
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international security
Iran Close to Nuclear Weapon Capability
Iran–with apparent help from Soviet, Pakistani and North Korean experts–is near to nuclear capability, according to a bombshell report by the International Atomic Energy Agency.Read More -
Global Urbanization
Bangkok Facing Future of Flooding
Thailand is paying a price for rapid urbanization, which is one key reason floods are so badly affecting slowly sinking Bangkok. Should it move the entire city, as some experts advise?
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social movements
Why the Protest has gone Global
Today's protesters are asking for little: a fairer economy and society. But, on another level, they are asking for a great deal: a democracy where people, not dollars, matter.
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New World Order
Pakistan and India Becoming Friendlier
Relations between longtime foes Pakistan and India are thawing. Recent progress on trade normalization was welcomed in Washington as a step toward stability in South Asia.
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