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Pathological Narcissism, Group Behaviour, and Terrorism

Pathological Narcissism, Group Behaviour, and TerrorismBy: Sam Vaknin1. What is pathological narcissism?All of us have narcissistic TRAITS. Some of us even develop anarcissistic PERSONALITY. Moreover, narcissism is a SPECTRUM ofbehaviours - from the healt... Read >
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Immigrants and the Fallacy of Labour Scarcity

Immigrants and the Fallacy of Labour ScarcitySam VakninUPI Senior Business CorrespondentSkopje, MacedoniaFirst Read:Migration and Brain Drainhttp://samvak.tripod.com/pp118.htmlJean-Marie Le Pen - France's dark horse presidential contender - isclearly emot... Read >
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The Sickly State of Public Hospitals

The Sickly State of Public HospitalsSam VakninUPI Senior Business CorrespondentSkopje, MacedoniaHospitals are caught in the crossfire of a worldwide debate. Shouldhealthcare be completely privatized - or should a segment of it be leftin public hands? As t... Read >
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Games People Play

Games People PlayBy: Sam VakninGames and role-playing are as ancient as Mankind. Rome's state-sponsoredlethal public games may have accounted for up to one fifth of its GDP. Theyoften lasted for months. Historical re-enactments, sports events, chess -are ... Read >
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To Give with Grace

To Give with Grace By Sam Vaknin Author of "Malignant Self Love - Narcissism Revisited" Yankee Go Home. Nato is Nazo. American trash culture. The graffiti adorn every wall, the contempt seems to be universal. America and Americans are perceived... Read >
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The Future of the Book

The Future of the Book By Sam Vaknin Author of "Malignant Self Love - Narcissism Revisited" One of the first acts of the French National Assembly in 1789 was to issue this declaration: "The free communication of thought and opinion is one of the ... Read >
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The Golden Sham - Privatizing with Golden Shares

The Golden Sham - Privatizing with Golden Shares By Sam Vaknin Author of "Malignant Self Love - Narcissism Revisited" In a rare accord, both the IMF and independent analysts, have cautioned Bulgaria in early 2002 that its insistence on keeping g... Read >
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The Matrix Revisited

The Matrix Revisited By Sam Vaknin Author of "Malignant Self Love - Narcissism Revisited" It is easy to confuse the concepts of "virtual reality" and a "computerized model of reality (simulation)". The former is a self- contained Universe, replet... Read >
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The Medium and the Message

The Medium and the Message By Sam Vaknin Author of "Malignant Self Love - Narcissism Revisited" A debate is raging in e-publishing circles: should content be encrypted and protected (the erstwhile Barnes and Noble or Digital goods model) - or sho... Read >
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The Technology of Law, The Law of Technology

The Technology of Law, The Law of Technology By Sam Vaknin Author of "Malignant Self Love - Narcissism Revisited" "The juvenile sea squirt wanders through the sea searching for a suitable rock or hunk of coral to cling to and make it its home for... Read >
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The Eureka Connection

The Eureka Connection By Sam Vaknin Author of "Malignant Self Love - Narcissism Revisited" A common, guttural cry of "Eureka" echoed as the peoples of East Europe and the Balkans emerged from the Communist steam bath. It was at once an expression... Read >
Author: Sam Vaknin

The Expat Experts

The Expat Experts By Sam Vaknin Author of "Malignant Self Love - Narcissism Revisited" In "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland", Lewis Carroll wrote: "Curtsy while you're thinking of something to say. It saves time." What a missed career. He should h... Read >
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The Encroachment of the Public

The Encroachment of the Public By Sam Vaknin Author of "Malignant Self Love - Narcissism Revisited" As Aristotle and John Stuart Mill observed, the private sphere sets limits, both normative and empirical, to the rights, powers, and obligations... Read >
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Jamaican OverDrive - Outsourcing and Offshoring Case Study

Jamaican OverDrive - Outsourcing and Offshoring Case Study By Sam Vaknin Author of "Malignant Self Love - Narcissism Revisited" The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) tried and failed to find proof or traces of widespread ... Read >
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Knowledge and Power

Knowledge and Power By Sam Vaknin Author of "Malignant Self Love - Narcissism Revisited" "Knowledge is Power" goes the old German adage. But power, as any schoolboy knows, always has negative and positive sides to it. Information exhibits the sam... Read >
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