经济学人:劳工VS资本 艰苦年代的正义(1)

Britain 英国 Labor VS Capital: Justice in an age of austerity 劳工对资本：艰苦年代的正义 Charging workers from employment tribunals erodes their rights. 劳资审裁处向雇员收费会损害他们的权利。 Eight years after Britai

经济学人:劳工VS资本 艰苦年代的正义(2)

The authors argue that the fees prevent genuine claimants from enforcing their employment rights. 该书的作者认为费用阻止了真正的索赔人行使他们的就业权利。 In many cases the expected payoff is lower than the fee for startin

经济学人:绝望的间歇 印度将"自杀未遂"合法化(1)

Asia 亚洲 Suicide in India: A break for the despairing 印度的自杀：一场绝望的间歇 India decriminalises attempted suicide. 印度将自杀未遂合法化。 Gorav Gupta has spent his life helping the mentally ill. Gorav Gupta一生致力于

经济学人:斯洛伐克政坛疑云 总统儿子被绑架(1)

Europe 欧洲 Slovakia Political Misery: Family Drama 斯洛伐克政坛疑云：家庭大戏 Who kidnapped the president's son? 是谁绑架了斯洛伐克总统的儿子？ In August 1995 Michal Kovac Jr, whose father was president of newly indepen

经济学人:斯洛伐克政坛疑云 总统儿子被绑架(2)

The senior Mr Kovac was a political opponent of Mr Meciar's. 而老科瓦克则是米契尔的政治对手。 But before charges could be brought, Mr Meciar passed an amnesty law that buried the case. 但就在警方和法官提起公讼前，米契尔

经济学人:工作vs娱乐 万圣节的烦恼(1)

Britain 英国 Work VS Play: The Easter Blues 工作vs娱乐：万圣节的烦恼 Despiting Kris Chocolate Russians, Children would rather be at school. 尽管可以吃巧克力，孩子们还是想在学校待着。 English schoolchildren enjoy 13 w

经济学人:工作vs娱乐 万圣节的烦恼(2)

Distance may breed discontent. 和朋友的分离可能产生失落感。 Another reason may be that, when not distracted by schoolwork, children spend more time in front of a screen, which research suggests makes them less happy. 另一个原因可能

经济学人:囚犯与工作 军队文化的怪象?(1)

United States 美国 Prisoners and Jobs: Going Straight 囚犯与工作：直截了当 Banning employers from asking about criminal records may not work. 禁止雇主要求犯罪记录可能并不奏效。 Dion got his first paying job at 14which wou

经济学人:囚犯与工作 军队文化的怪象?(2)

In an effort to force employers to change, 26 state and 150 municipal legislatures have adopted ban the box legislation that removes declarations of criminal history from job-application forms. 为了设法迫使雇主做出改变，26个州和150个市

经济学人:中澳关系 中国企业在澳洲的投资(1)

Asia 亚洲 Australia and China: Meddle kingdom 中澳关系：干预 New revelations about Chinese political donations set hands wringing. 对于来自中国政治捐款的新揭秘让澳大利亚人紧张不已。 When Malcolm Turnbull, Australia's

经济学人:丘吉尔 演讲时的灵魂人物(1)

Britain 英国 Winston Churchill: We will cite him in our speeches 温斯顿丘吉尔：我们将会在我们演说中提到他 At odds with Europe, Britain pines for a strong and stable leader. 因为与欧洲不和，英国希望有一个强壮且坚

经济学人:中澳关系 中国企业在澳洲的投资(2)

Mr. Huang also donated almost A$2m to help launch the Australia-China Relations Institute, a think-tank in Sydney. 黄还捐赠了200万澳元用来帮助成立一家坐落在悉尼的智库澳大利亚-中国关系研究院。 Bob Carr, its head and

经济学人:英国的继续教育 技术升级(1)

Britain 英国 Further Education: Technical upgrade 继续教育：技术升级 The government turns its attention to the dire state of vocational training. 英国政府开始关注职业教育行业的糟糕现状投入更多金钱。 Budget cuts ar

经济学人:冢本幼稚园 种族歧视的低龄化(2)

Mr Abe denies any involvement in the land sale, and says he will step down if anyone can prove otherwise. 安倍先生提出并没有参与土地出售环节，并且说除非有人能够提供他参与的证据，不然他可以辞职来证明清白。

经济学人:朝鲜与马来西亚 人质僵局(1)

Asia 亚洲 North Korea and Malaysia: A Death Spot Takes Hostages 朝鲜与马来西亚：人质僵局 Call Kim Jong Un a killer, and he'll kidnap your people. 质控金正恩是杀手，他就会绑架你的公民。 Governments often expel foreigne

经济学人:朝鲜与马来西亚 人质僵局(2)

The stand-off caps a week of diplomatic drama. 这场戏剧性的外交事件僵持了超过一周。 On March 6th Malaysia kicked out the North Korean ambassador, Kang Chol, who denies that North Korean spies were responsible for the murder or that

经济学人:削减预算 十便士的规划(1)

United States 美国 The Budget: Ten-penny plan 削减预算：十便士的规划 The White House proposes eye watering budget cuts 白宫提出了眼泪汪汪的预算缩减 During his campaign for the White House, Donald Trump touted a penny plan f

经济学人:削减预算 十便士的规划(2)

These kicked in automatically after Congress failed to pass a more palatable plan to bring down deficits. 这些自动踢回的问题未能在国会之后通过一个更好的计划来降低赤字。 The sequester was supposed to be so severe that la

经济学人:英国的继续教育 技术升级(2)

Employers moan that skilled workers are scarce, especially in industries like engineering and IT. 雇主们抱怨道技术熟练工数量不足，尤其是工程设计与信息技术等行业。 Tougher immigration restrictions, likely to be introduc

经济学人:喀麦隆 严厉打击互联网和英语使用者(1)

Middle East Africa 中东与非洲 Cameroon: Lingua fracas 喀麦隆：通用语言 Clampping down on the web and English. 喀麦隆严厉打击互联网和英语使用者 The images beaming from the screens of Cameroon's state television channel, CR