We have been taught to treat stress as an illness - an enemy to be defeated; a disease to be cured. But how do we square this view with the old saying that "a bit of stress is good for you"? How do we reconcile it with the observation that many high achievers seem to thrive on their stress? It seems that many of the things we have been taught about stress and stress management are wrong. It turns out that negative beliefs about stress are far more damaging than stress itself. Moreover, many of the techniques we have been taught for managing stress provide at best short-term relief rather than...

What is the basis of all of the wealth in our modern global economy? For some it is merely the product of trade in a free market. The followers of Karl Marx, however, have enshrined the belief that all value, wealth and profit is generated by the working class and then stolen by the capitalist elites. The Marxist "Labour Theory of Value" lay at the heart of the communist revolutions that led to conflict and division throughout the twentieth century. Marx was 90 percent correct when he reasoned that one or more of the inputs into production must be paid far less than the value it generates in...