In addressing the problem of access and excess, it is timely to consider the wisdom found in Judeo-Christian literature and in the works of a few alternative thinkers.

In the wake of the 2007–09 financial crisis, a number of economists and commentators have written books to try to establish why the crisis happened.

One Israeli and one Palestinian are showing how human experience can be transcended—to the benefit of not only themselves but their world.

A masterpiece is something that’s done with extraordinary skill, and a review of John Robert Wooden’s life journey suggests that this maxim was indeed a daily focus.

Deceptions, hoaxes and urban legends abound, mainly because so many people are so easily taken in by them. Here’s how you can avoid being one of them.

Here are some ways that we human beings deceive ourselves and each other, along with a few suggested remedies.

Why the long fascination with superheroes? Does it indicate a deep-seated hope people have that someone will save them from the current peril or crisis?

Before deciding how we give for humanitarian relief, and to whom we give, we need to be as sure as we can that we are giving wisely and effectively.

What makes poor people poor? What can they do about their poverty? Paul Polak started International Development Enterprises to answer these questions.