Homer and His Age by Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912

“…The Homeric age -- Hypotheses as to the growth of the epics -- Hypotheses of epic composition -- Loose feudalism: the over-lord in "Iliad," books I and II -- Agamemnon in the later "Iliad" -- Archaeology of the "Iliad": burial and cremation -- H…”
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The global economy in turbulent times by Lin, See Yan

Table of Contents: “…-- A New Hazard: Double-Dip Deflation -- The "New Normal" -- Muddling Through the Inflation -- It's a Dangerous World out There -- "Risk-Off" Episodes -- Now's Not the Time for Austerity -- The World Economy: Growing Pains and Bubbly Worries -- What's Up Is Down -- The United States: Jobless Recovery -- Jackson Hole "Gunfight" Shoots Blanks -- The United States Is No Longer AAA -- "Occupy Wall Street" Goes Global -- Lessons from Marx to Market -- Sachs and Krugman on the Global Crisis -- Life after Keynes with the Double-Dip -- Growth Dims after the "Cliff" -- An Inconvenient Truth: QE Withdrawal Syndrome -- An Unnecessary Disaster Spawns Market Fears -- US Growth Deficit: Too Loose, Too Long -- The European Union and Eurozone: More Austerity -- Dark Clouds over Europe and the United States -- ECB and Fed Clear Way to Act -- Eurozone Growth Can't Move beyond First Gear but Needs to Keep Deflation at Bay -- PIIGS Can't Fly: The Trouble with Greece -- Greece Is Bankrupt -- Greek Bailout Mark II: It's a Default -- Greece and Eurozone: Austerity Fatigue -- Greece: More Aid Needed to Save the Austerity-Fatigued -- New Euro Deal: Not the Whole Bazooka -- European Union: Favoring Growth Against More Austerity -- European Union: A Summer of Discontent -- European Union: Draghi's Bumblebee -- Cyprus's Bailout Turns Bail-In -- Japan: Dead On but Not Deadened -- Japan in Deep Hibernation -- 3-11: The Tohoku Disasters One Year On -- Japan Picks Up the Pieces -- Abenomics: Japan Comes Alive Again -- Abenomics Hitting Speed Bumps -- The International Financial System -- So, the Gold Bug Still Bugs You -- Man's Addiction to Gold -- In Search of Gold at Bretton Woods: Lust for Gold Not Paying Off -- What's Wrong with the International Monetary System? …”