Greece bookends a sorry history of financial woe. Orestis Panagiotou/EPA

The financial lesson of the ages: we don’t learn from history

In the 4th century BC, Athens and nine other Greek city states defaulted on their loans from the Temple of Apollo at Delos. It was the first recorded financial crisis. Nearly 25 centuries of human evolution…

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