From the work of Dostoevsky, all the way to modern-day psychology’s concept of resilience, the idea that human beings can adapt to any event or situation persists in popular thought. But biology and history itself show it’s not quite the case.
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PARIS — What if the very different Chinese approach on debt held the key to a solution for the crisis of public finances in the West. In Europe and North America, the notion of a contract holds a central role: Whoever borrows money has to pay back, no matters the circumstances. Chinese people instead tend […]