经济学人244:国会与总统 对峙

Congress and the president 国会与总统 Face-off 对峙 Anyone hoping for an outbreak of good government is likely to be disappointed 想要一个良好政府的人们恐要大失所望 SPEAKING at the White House after a stinging mid-term defeat,

经济学人245:国际足联与腐败 非礼勿听

FIFA and corruption 国际足联与腐败 Hear no evil 非礼勿听 Football's governing body is struggling to silence its critics 足球管理机构努力平息批评 AUTOCRATIC Russia and sweltering Qatar won the rights to host the 2018 and 2022 Wo

经济学人247:苏格兰国民党的新领袖 苏格兰女王

The SNP's new leader 苏格兰国民党的新领袖 Queen of Scots 苏格兰女王 Alex Salmond's unflashy successor could yet outshine him 亚历克斯萨蒙德的接班人朴实无华，却更胜一筹 ALEX SALMOND, Scotland's most famous secession

经济学人248:艾滋病 幽灵般的转机

HIV/AIDS 艾滋病 A spectre returns 幽灵般的转机 The fall in HIV infections conceals a worrying rise among gay men 艾滋病感染率下降安抚了日益惶恐的男同性恋们 A TELEVISION campaign in the 1980s showed a volcano exploding an

经济学人249:美国下任国防部长 量身定做

America's next defence secretary 美国下任国防部长 Fit for purpose 量身定做 Ashton Carter is well-qualified to lead the Pentagon, if he is allowed to 阿什顿卡特完全够格统领五角大楼，前提是他通过提名 More hawkish tha

经济学人250:莱克星顿 卡斯特罗来到华盛顿

Lexington 莱克星顿 Mr Castro goes to Washington 卡斯特罗来到华盛顿 A rising Hispanic star ponders how to reconcile Americans with the federal government 一颗冉冉升起拉美裔的新星思考如何协调美国人与联邦政府之间的

经济学人251:贿赂 移花接木无处遁形

Bribery 贿赂 Graft work 移花接木 A new study lights up the shadows 无处遁形 GONE are the days when multinationals could book bribes paid in far-flung countries as a tax-deductible expense. These days would-be palm-greasers have to contend w

经济学人252:在圣保罗骑行 热带的哥本哈根

Cycling in Sao Paulo 在圣保罗骑行 Tropic of Copenhagen 热带的哥本哈根 A city fights its car addiction 城市戒车瘾 SaO PAULO'S obsession with the automobile is well documented. It first hosted a Formula 1 Grand Prix in 1973; a motorwa

经济学人241:互联网的使用 错综复杂的网络

Internet use 互联网的使用 A tangled web 错综复杂的网络 Who goes online, and where 谁在网上，在哪里? THE internet looks like an adman's dream. Counting how many times an advert on a bus shelter has been viewed is impossible; count

经济学人254:瑞典政府 生命短暂

Sweden's government 瑞典政府 That was quick 生命短暂 Stefan Lofven's fall shows the strength of the far-right Sweden Democrats 瑞典首相斯特凡勒文下台，彰显瑞典极右翼民主党实力 IT WAS supposed to be the Swedish Social D

经济学人255:城市放权 领导求权若渴奈何时机未到

City devolution 城市放权 Viva la Wolvolution 万岁 Few city regions are ready for the powers their leaders crave 领导求权若渴，奈何时机未到 WOLVERHAMPTON, a poor city in the West Midlands, and Solihull, a rich suburb 30 miles (48km)

经济学人257:小型食品店 美味的熟食

Boutique food shops 小型食品店 Deli-licious 美味的熟食 As supermarkets flounder, small food and drink retailers are booming 大型超市困境中挣扎之际，正是小型饮食零售店繁荣之时 Chi-chi cheese 琦琦奶酪 INVESTORS in

经济学人258:莱克星顿 移民的数字游戏

Lexington 莱克星顿 The immigrant numbers game 移民的数字游戏 Why Barack Obama's partial amnesty won't be reversed 为什么奥巴马的局部赦令不会被逆转？ SOMETIMES the hardest questions come from friendly crowds. Barack Obama o

经济学人259:德国的大学 处于顶尖和一般之间

German universities 德国的大学 Between great and so-so 处于顶尖和一般之间 Not in the elite but improving, German universities bet on a middle way 虽非精英教育但一直在提高，德国的大学秉承着中庸之道 A GLANCE at th

经济学人261:欧盟委员会 处在正确位置的朋友

The European Commission 欧盟委员会 Friends in the right places 处在正确位置的朋友 The British are down, the Germans and east Europeans are up 英国势力不在，德国和东欧的势力崛起 I AM French, I am deeply French, but here

经济学人265:家庭财富 资产负债表的繁荣

Household wealth 家庭财富 The balance-sheet boom 资产负债表的繁荣 Household wealth, and debt, is forecast to swell in 2015 预计2015年家庭财富和债务将膨胀 WITH the excesses of Christmas nearly over, Britons are planning their

经济学人266:阿根廷债务 别签协议啦

Argentina's debt 阿根廷债务 Let's not make a deal 别签协议啦 Argentina may spurn a chance to settle with its creditors 阿根廷或将还债机会弃如敝履 WHEN Argentina defaulted on its debt for the second time in 13 years last July, t

经济学人267:空气污染 英国需要采取更多措施来净化污浊的空气

Air pollution 空气污染 The big smoke 雾都 Britain needs to do more to clean up its dirty air 英国需要采取更多措施来净化污浊的空气 VISITING Oxford Street, a road teeming with tatty shops and overcrowded with people, is plainly

经济学人256:添砖加瓦 政府促进房地产建设的步伐跌跌撞撞

New homes 新家 Building blocks 添砖加瓦 The government makes a lame attempt to boost house-building 政府促进房地产建设的步伐跌跌撞撞 AS GEORGE OSBORNE prepared to deliver his autumn statement, on December 2nd, Danny Alexander, h

经济学人307:网上娱乐 热潮太洋

Online entertainment 网上娱乐 A craze too foreign 热潮太洋 China tries to restrict foreign entertainment online 中国要限制网上的国外娱乐产品 FOR young professionals in China's cities, watching television online has become a part