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16/07/2015

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The Greek economic crisis explained with help from Homer’s Odyssey

The Greek economic crisis explained with help from Homer's Odyssey, BBC Trending looks at allegations of abuse online and the Why Factor asks if nationality matters.

With a little help from Homer’s Odyssey, Tim Harford explains for More Or Less the background to the Greek economic crisis. 

BBC Trending asks if you should go online with allegations of domestic violence. This week millions of Facebook users watched an emotional video by an Irish woman, in which she spoke out about alleged abuse at the hands of her partner. But is it necessarily a good idea to take to social media? A woman whose story of abuse at the hands of her father went viral in 2011, Hillary Adams, says despite second thoughts at the time, she now has no regrets. 
And is the Chinese government winning its fight to suppress dissident voices online? A few years ago Sina Weibo - the country's equivalent of Twitter - was crawling with tales of political wrongdoing but today those stories are harder to find.

And, in the Why Factor, Mike Williams asks how much nationality matters. When did we start defining ourselves by where we are from, and how does our nationality affect who we are?

(Photo: Bust of Homer. Credit: Getty Images)

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