by John E. Charalambakis | Sep 19, 2022 | Commentaries, Uncategorized
While we do not live in a world and a marketplace where the illusion that everything is fine and dandy dominates, an epidemic of denial as to the causes is prevalent and is sweeping the world and the markets. A wrong diagnosis will inevitably lead to the wrong...
by John E. Charalambakis | Aug 30, 2022 | Commentaries, Uncategorized
Plato and Hegel saw constant changes and sometimes revolutions as the seeds that forced societies to rise to the historical occasion of their times. Moreover, both of them considered evolutionary changes the ingredient that could inspire a march of Reason to...
by John E. Charalambakis | Jul 14, 2022 | Commentaries, Uncategorized
Whether we talk about Herodotus, Thucydides, Montesquieu, or Gibbon, the fundamental element is that history illuminates human conditions. If we take it a step further, we discover that history is not the unpeeling of the past but the breathing in of the living...
by John E. Charalambakis | Jul 1, 2022 | Commentaries, Uncategorized
The mark of a true statesman (really, of any leader) is magnanimity combined with moderation, justice, courage, foresight, prudence, a genuine concern for the public good, and temperance. Which of these features should be part of our institutions (government,...
by John E. Charalambakis | Jun 21, 2022 | Commentaries, Uncategorized
Archimedes’ Circles, applied to economic stability. Click for animation. The year was 212 BCE. Archimedes was contemplating, and as he turned over his shoulder, he saw a legionnaire Roman ready to end his life. “Do not disturb my circles,” he shouted....