Brussels Perhaps the most interesting question I have gotten at a screening of “The Organizer” in a long time came from Professor Philippe van Parijs of the University of Louvain in Belgium, a noted scholar long recognized over many decades as an expert and advocate of universal basic income. He asked a several part question, …
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VioMe
Athens Perhaps nothing so epitomizes the “crisis” in Greece, as it is universally called, than the VioMe, a former metallurgical factory in the industrial district not far from the airport. In 2011, when the full brunt of the economic collapse hit the country and the Greek owner of the plant suddenly shut the factory down, …
Europe Really is Different than the United States
Thessaloniki The point is so obvious that it almost seems trivial. Of course, Europe is different from the United States and every country within the European Union is also different from the others in history, culture, and often language. No visitor fails to remark about the feeling in Europe of walking in ancient footsteps. Walking …