A new issue of Disputatio is out. From Peace and Conflict Review, Doug Contri (BOP): Empathy and Barriers to Altruism. The new face of Transdniester: Yevgeny Shevchuk, the territory’s new “president”, promises domestic reform and open borders. Six degrees of aggregation: How The Huffington Post ate the Internet. When you think of Uncle Sam, you probably think of the poster, which smacks of an invented political marketing gimmick, right? But Uncle Sam was a real person. Just over a century ago, neither Oxford nor Cambridge offered degrees in English literature, but Scotland has been studying the subject since the 18th century, largely thanks to one man, Hugh Blair. “Greed is the beginning of everything”: Czech economist Tomas Sedlacek discusses morality in the current crisis and why he believes an economic policy that only pursues growth will always lead to debt. An interview with Ben Casnocha, co-author The Start-Up of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform Your Career on the end of the labor mentality and how short-term risk can yield explosive rewards.
