Posted in Finance, History, Politics, tagged economy, financial crisis, G20, Gordon Brown, Reforms on July 31, 2009 | 2 Comments »
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown outlined the reforms that the largest world economies agreed to in the G20 summit. The call is for greater global economic cooperation to self-regulate and to prevent banking excesses from happening again.
Has history finally changed us for the better?
Some of the reforms mentioned by Gordon Brown:
New [...]
Posted in Entertainment, Relationships, tagged advertising, HSBC on July 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Just a two interesting ad campaigns from HSBC about how points of view differ across the world.
Posted in Health, Psychology, Science, tagged Jim Fallon, murder, nature, neuroscience, nurture, psychopath on July 31, 2009 | 2 Comments »
As a nice follow-up to our earlier feature on psychopaths, neuroscientist Jim Fallon shares his insights into the common brain characteristics of psychopathic killers.
It’s an interesting take on not only the patterns behind murderous behaviour, but also on the nature versus nurture debate.
Posted in Finance, tagged financial crisis, George Soros, Richard Branson, stagflation on July 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Stagflation is an economic phenomenon characterized by slowing economic growth and rising inflation. It is an interesting economic problem since the traditional medicine for inflation–rising interest rates–is what chokes off economic growth, thereby aggravating stagflation.
In the aftermath of the global credit crisis following the crash of the housing market, interest rates have fallen dramatically as central [...]
Posted in Critical Thinking, Philosophy, tagged Hermann Hesse, poetry on July 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Novelist, poet, and painter–Hermann Hesse and his thoughts on:
The better way:
Writing is good, thinking is better. Cleverness is good, patience is better.
Love, God, and goodness:
Love of God is not always the same as love of good.
Seeking and finding:
Seeking means: to have a goal; but finding means: to be free, to be receptive, to have no [...]
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