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Josh Lieb describes the traits he shares with the protagonist of his new book, "I Am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want To Be Your Class President."
For the first time in over a year, the Dow today is flirting with the 10,000 point mark. Yet, insists Big Think’s recent guest Nomi Prins, unless you’re one of […]
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Only, says Nomi Prims, if you’re one of the megabanks that was flooded with cheap loans and government capital. For the rest of us, the former Wall Streeter turned author […]
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For some, the thrill of a deal can bring about a long-awaited sense of fulfillment and a lifetime of pleasure; for others it's always tinged with a sense of emptiness.
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If we want to prevent the finance industry’s recklessness from spilling into the general economy in the future, Nomi Prins believes we’ll need to enforce a split between consumer and […]
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Nomi Prins explains the workplace warrior complex and how a certain playground bully mentality is connected to reckless deregulation.
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Nomi Prins explains the pitfalls and power struggles that pervade life in the finance industry.
Hillary Clinton, her elbow healed up, finally made it to Moscow, only to be rebuffed by her Russian counterpart in her push for stricter sanctions against Iran. Getting from nyet […]
Will the smart phones kill the personal life?
Let’s hand it to Joe Biden’s savvy press secretary Jay Carney: the guy is EVERYWHERE. There is a full-on media blitz to buff up the veep’s image as he emerges […]
There aren’t a lot of things still considered sacred in Canada. There’s hockey and… well, there’s hockey. And when it comes to the country’s two most-historic National Hockey League franchises, […]
Iris- The iris is the colored portion of the visible eye. It is a muscle that affects the size of the pupil, depending on the amount of light needed to […]
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Journalist Calvin Trillin says we shouldn't be too impressed with the 26 year old who recently became the New Yorker's managing editor.
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Journalism only became respectable a few decades ago. Thirty years back, Ivy Leaguers would never dream of entering the field.
Kurt Andersen, the host of "Studio 360" and master of many media (magazines, novels, nonfiction books, film), came by Big Think today to speak about the introduction he wrote to […]
Now that the Obama administration has characterized Fox News as a political opponent rather than a disinterested news outlet, people are debating the political fallout as well as the veracity […]
Where in the United States are teen-age girls most likely to become pregnant? According to this study, published last month in the journal Reproductive Health, the answer is: Where Evangelical […]
Great news, fans of continued existence! The world will not end in 2012, despite what you may have heard from a passing lunatic and/or viral marketer for this film. How […]
The human mind is full of contradictory impulses. For instance, I doubt that many of us want the President to do his own laundry. He's not like us; he has […]