Hamlet the Populist Politician

Hero or Cunning Politician ?

Ú ̆ ‰ ‡ Ï , È Â ‡ · was an active, if not the most active, character throughout „ Â „ ’s reign. However, the character of È Â ‡ · and his brothers is foggy and puzzling. Although many of us have been taught to classify figures in Tanach into the roles of either ¢ ˆ „ È ̃ ¢ or ¢ ̄ ̆ Ú ¢ to further our understanding of the manifest context © Ù ̆ Ë ® and latent meaning © „ ̄ ̆ ® of the text, È Â ‡ · and ...

The Psychology of Hamlet

Shakespeare’s Hamlet ominously begins with Horatio and Marcellus discussing the appearance of a ghostly apparition that strangely resembles the King of Denmark. As the play unfolds, we learn that it is, in fact, the ghost of Hamlet Sr., the King of Denmark. Immediately, the play begins with a sense of foreboding danger for all of those involved who have a direct connection with his son Hamlet, ...

Politician - Proof Policy ? ∗

In this paper I discuss the nature of the political constraints that the World Bank faces in delivering basic services to the poor. The main problem arises because the Bank has to work through domestic governments which have political aims different from helping the poor. The conceptual approach attractive to economists and central to the WDR2004 is the notion of politician prooÞng. Given that ...

The Future of Populist Parallelism

Quantum Hamlet Effect

In this work, by use of a formalism similar to formalism of the quantum Zeno effect (decrease of the decay probability of an unstable quantum system by frequent measurements) and quantum anti-Zeno effect (increase of the decay probability of an unstable quantum system by frequent measurements), we introduce so-called quantum Hamlet effect. It represents a complete destruction of the quantum pre...