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.

The European Union fails to face off the global crisis.

Apartment rental prices in developing countries are affected by non-economic considerations.

Inflation provides a good alibi to profligate and populist governments.

When we love pets, do we actually love ourselves?

Common reasons to the simultaneous collapse of stock exchanges worldwide.

The etymology of financial jargon reveals a lot.

The next implosion: the bonds markets.

In August 2002, I conducted an interview with an Austrian banker. It is fascinating to read it in 2008. It is evidence of the hubris that engulfed even the best and the brightest in the heyday of the ...

Greece wants Macedonia to forgo its name.

The developing world is buying the developed one.

Obama's early childhood may have predisposed him to malignant narcissism.

Different societies react to disease idiosyncratically.

Stock manipulation is rife.

Be cautious when banking online.

This is a Faustian bargain: give up your freedom and thrive!