Western Europe

Facial Expression Study Has Scientists Rethinking Darwin's 'Six Emotions'

| John Bohannon | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Emotions, Faces, Anthropology, Western Europe, Caucasian, Evolution, Facial Expression, Asian, Cultural Differences, Asian Culture, Video, Science News

A smile and a frown mean the same thing everywhere—or so say many anthropologists and evolutionary psychologists, who for more than a cent...

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Europe, United States Hold Fundamentally Different Visions For Society

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Video, Values, Germany, Income Inequality, Pew Research Center, American Values, Western Europe, Social Safety Net, United States, Spain, European Values, Europe, Safety Net, Inequality, Business News

More than an ocean divides the United States and Western Europe. Americans are significantly less supportive of a social safety net than Western ...

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Saudi Arabia's Appropriate Response to Iran's Assassination Plot

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 12.16.2011

Read More: Energy, Syria, Iran, Iran Revolutionary Guard, World, Financial TImes, Saudi Arabia, Quds Force, Oil, New York Times, Western Europe, United States, Prince Saud Al-Faisal, International Atomic Energy Agency, World News
Raymond J. Learsy

Rather than waiting for the United States government to take the lead would it not be salutary for this once to have Saudi Arabia take the initiative and formulate policy in response to Iran?

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Business Doesn't Need American Workers

Robert Kuttner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jobs Crisis, Unemployment Rate, Economy, Free Trade, Jobs, Outsourcing, Deficit, Labor, Big Business, Unemployment, World Trade Organization, Jobs Creation, Corporations, Germany, 2010 Midterm Elections, Underemployment, Western Europe, Jacob Lew, China Economy, Obama Approval, Ge, Business News
Robert Kuttner

America now has about 25 million people either out of work or underemployed. Meanwhile, corporate profits continue to set records. What's going on?

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How Do Oil Shocks Cause Recessions?

Jeffrey Rubin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oil Prices, Interest Rates, China, Inflation, Recession, Per Barrel, Opec, Western Europe, Saudi Arabia, Subprime Mortgage, Kuwait, Oecd, Uae, Business News
Jeffrey Rubin

Oil prices caused the last recession, and oil prices will cause the next one as well. In fact, this time around, oil prices are rising much earlier.

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WATCH: Morphing Map Covers 1,000 Years In 5 Minutes

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: History, Video, Maps, Eastern Europe, Central Europe, Western Europe, Holy Roman Empire, Ottoman Empire, Mongols, Borders, Europe, European History, World News

While most European borders may seem permanent and fixed, a new video illustrates their fluidity over the last 1,000 years. The clip, "10 Centuries I...

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Se Habla Fear: Monolingualism and Its Discontents

Mark Olmsted | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tea Party, Language, French, Islamophobia, Western Europe, Monolingualism, Spanish, Xenophobia, Comedy News
Mark Olmsted

What is it, exactly, that Tea Party America finds so horrific about European Social Democracy? The universal health care? The excellent public transportation? Four weeks of vacation a year?

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"Happy" Anniversary, Iceland

Iris Erlingsdottir | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: IMF Funding, International Monetary Fund, Economic Crisis, Iceland Economic Crisis, Norway, Alcoa, Iceland Global Economic Crisis, Iceland Economy Collapse, Iceland, Denmark, Iceland Bankrupt, Iceland Banks, Iceland Economy, Lehman Brothers, Iceland National Bankruptcy, IMF Bailout, Financial Crisis, Western Europe, Imf, Iceland Financial Crisis, Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy, World War II, Iceland Bank Crisis, Monty Python, World News
Iris Erlingsdottir

This has been a very rough year for Iceland, and it's not likely to get better anytime soon. The public's anger continues to grow, and it would not be surprising if this winter sees a repeat of last winter's uprising.

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Banking on Failure: FDIC Shutting Down Insolvent Banks at a Record Pace

Sheldon Filger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Banking Crisis, Colonial-Bank, Timothy Geithner, Colonial Bank Failure, Fdic, Bank Failures, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Eurozone, Stress Tests, Former-Soviet-Bloc, Geithner Banks, Obama Bank Stress Tests, FDIC Banks, Banks, Western Europe, Eastern Europe Economy, Bank Bailout, Geithner Bank Bailout, Business News
Sheldon Filger

It is preposterous to conclude that the U.S. banking sector is well capitalized and strong enough to endure a severe economic recession.

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Free Trade

Randy Charles Epping | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Europe, Eastern Europe, World Trade Organization, Western Europe, Economy, Free Trade, Summit of the Americas, g20, Brazil, Business News
Randy Charles Epping

By getting our leaders to open the world's borders to trade, we not only help ourselves: we help developing countries of the world and become true partners in a renewed 21st century economy.

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