One of the greatest obstacles to progress is the normalisation of dysfunction. This occurs when people become so accustomed to poor conditions that they stop questioning them. The abnormal becomes ...

Since reports of a possible deal with Iran started to emerge, pro-Israel advocates in the United States have been warning President Donald Trump against signing the agreement. Hawkish figures, ...

THIS month, mixed signals emanated from India on the normalisation of relations with Pakistan. Dattatreya Hosabale, secretary general of the Hindu extremist organisation RSS, proposed in an interview ...

Peter Thiel, the billionaire venture capitalist and MAGA donor, is in Rome this week for a series of private lectures on the Antichrist. It’s an event that the Vatican, and the pope, are treating with ...

The IMF’s World Revenue Longitudinal Database (WoRLD) tracks government revenue trends since the early 1980s. This invaluable resource offers policymakers, researchers, and the public crucial insights ...

Lectures on Tap series brings professors and other experts into Boston restaurants and bars for talks that mix big ideas with food and drink. Lectures on Tap, an event series, brings ticketed lectures ...

The Office of the Dean of Arts and Humanities, the Mahindra Humanities Center, and Harvard University Press hosted a discussion commemorating the 100-year anniversary of the Norton Lectures on ...

The soaring cost of higher education has put a college degree out of reach for many Americans. There won’t be any class credit — or tests for that matter — but a group called Profs and Pints is ...

UPPER WEST SIDE, Manhattan (WABC) -- An exciting and unique lecture series is taking off at bars around New York City, allowing attendees to sip on a cocktail, beer or wine while they learn about all ...

For the first time in decades, Japan is experiencing sustained inflation and wage growth, prompting speculation that its deflation era may be over. Yet weak consumer spending, rising bond yields and ...

The old adage, "familiarity breeds contempt," rings eerily true when considering the dangers of normalizing deviance. Coined by sociologist Diane Vaughan, this phenomenon describes the gradual process ...