Sam Vaknin is the author of Malignant Self Love - Narcissism Revisited and After the Rain - How the West Lost the East. He served as a columnist for Central Europe Review, Global Politician, PopMatters, and eBookWeb , and Bellaonline, and as a United Press International (UPI) Senior Business Correspondent. He is the the editor of mental health and Central East Europe categories in The Open Directory and Suite101.

Deflation is not the risk: inflation is.

Third world populations are not ready for democracy.

Trust is the foundation of a functioning business environment

Envy is either destructive, or, as in the case of capitalism, constructive.

The European Union (EU) was formed and has evolved to fend off another world war, the communists, and the Balkanians.

China and Japan are the only two things standing between the currently successful auctions and a global sovereign bonds meltdown.

The film "inception" is grounded in shaky science.

Both the Greeks and the Macedonia delude themselves in the dispute regarding Macedonia's name.

Dancing was once a social pursuit intended to bring together the young for mating purposes.

Basel III will tighten the screws on the balance sheets of banks.

The Britannica has become a ubiquitous educational and reference publishing brand.

Some lies are socially useful.

Politics proviodes a prime example of the agent-principal problem.

Unlike wine, the narcissist ages badly.

We have a limited imagination when it comes to aliens.