Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus, often described as the West's first scientist, believed the whole Earth was suspended on ...

With Greece now well on its way to exiting the euro, it is not too early to draw lessons for the International Monetary Fun (IMF) from its unfortunate Greek lending program. Since never before has the ...

In an interesting recent article in Foreign Affairs, Josiah Ober - a leading academic expert on ancient Greek democracy - argues that there is much we can learn from the Greek experience that could be ...

It is said that those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Sadly, this seems to be the case with respect to the Puerto Rican government and its Oversight Board in their handling of ...

Some of the best business advice is more than 2,000 years old. Many entrepreneurs embrace the teachings of Greek philosophy to help shape and guide their life and careers. Stoicism was founded in the ...

When Harry Richter, age 8, was picking a second language to learn, he went for the obvious choice: ancient Greek. “It’s just the first thing that popped into my head,” says Harry, a second-grade ...

From European social democrats supporting imperialist slaughter in World War One, to the French Communist Party winding down the General Strike in 1968, to the Communist Party in the US pushing labor ...

In an interesting recent article in Foreign Affairs, Josiah Ober – a leading academic expert on ancient Greek democracy – argues that there is much we can learn from the Greek experience that could be ...