Michael Goldman

1 month ago | nationalmortgagenews.com | Michael Goldman |Austin Maloney

The start of 2025 has provided no shortage of headlines. Despite the change in presidential administrations and three rate cuts from the Federal Reserve since last summer, mortgage rates have remained fairly steady into the new year. After a drop to a 52-week low in late September (6.08% for the 30-year fixed rate and 5.15% for the 15-year fixed rate), rates have hovered just below 7%.

Dec 11, 2024 | worldliteraturetoday.org | Veronica Esposito |Michael Goldman

This page is available to subscribers. Click here to sign in or get access. Who is the world’s most translated author? Agatha Christie? Antoine de Saint-Exupéry? Lewis Carroll? It depends on how you count. Drumroll, please—we know the world’s most translated author. She is not—as you might have guessed—William Shakespeare, nor is she Leo Tolstoy, Plato, or Lady Murasaki. According to the UNESCO Index Translationum, the world’s most translated author is mystery expert Agatha Christie.

Nov 28, 2024 | routledge.com | Simon Chadwick |Paul Widdop |Michael Goldman

This book explores continental perspectives on football's new geopolitical economy, examining how sport, politics, and the global economy have emerged in different parts of the world.

Nov 28, 2024 | routledge.com | Simon Chadwick |Paul Widdop |Michael Goldman

This book examines the new geopolitical economy of football, exploring the intersection of money, politics, and power in the world’s most popular sport. Against a background of international conflict and the emergence of powerful new state actors in world sport, the book considers how football investments and events have become instruments of soft power and industrial development, and how football plays an increasingly significant role in global politics and international relations.

Aug 13, 2024 | worldliteraturetoday.org | Veronica Esposito |Michael Goldman

This page is available to subscribers. Click here to sign in or get access. Can translation make us mentally healthier? Can adding new words to the English language somehow increase the amount of positive emotions that we experience on earth?