经济学人:严惩逃漏税者 希腊富豪们的好日子即将终结

Europe Greek taxation 欧洲 希腊税收 A national sport no more 逃漏税再也不是全民运动 Greek tax dodgers are being outed 希腊严惩逃漏税者 Greek officials used to shrug off tax evasion as a national sport. The finance ministry fo

经济学人:就业市场萧条 最低工资的意义何在?

The living wage 最低生活工资 Wage flaws 工资缺陷 Sense and nonsense about minimum wages 最低工资的意义何在 What unites Ed Miliband, the Labour leader; Boris Johnson, Londons Tory mayor; and Barclays Bank? All are keen on the living

经济学人:希腊退出欧元区 究竟是谁抛弃了谁?

Europe Greece and the euro 欧洲 希腊与欧元 Toil and trouble 受苦受难 The government gets its latest austerity measures through, but only just 希腊新一轮紧缩政策终以微弱优势通过 Greeces fragile coalition government only nar

经济学人:欧盟最大赤字国 法国成欧元区的定时炸弹

The time-bomb at the heart of Europe 欧洲中心的定时炸弹 Why France could become the biggest danger to Europes single currency 为什么法国会成为欧洲单一货币体系的最大危机 The threat of the euros collapse has abated for the

经济学人:默克尔为何能默默扛起欧洲屹立不倒?

German politics 德国政治 When all parties lead to Angela 当所有政党都倾向安吉拉的时候 Confusion reigns in Germanys party politics. That may not affect who wins next years election 德国政坛仍疑云重重，但丝毫不影响明年

经济学人:英国"报销门" 国家反腐制度该何去何从?

Britain Politicians' salaries 英国 议员们的薪酬 Bargain basement 地下廉价部 The 2009 MPs' expenses scandal cast a long shadow over British politics. It also led to the creation of an Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) t

经济学人:意大利政治 桃色总理的从政之路还有多长?

Italian politics 意大利政治 Who will be Italys next prime minister? 谁将成为意大利下一任总理？ As Silvio Berlusconi seems to be standing aside, the spotlight is on Mario Monti and the candidates of the Left 由于西尔维奥贝鲁斯

经济学人:最冰冷的"欢迎" 希腊人用纳粹抗议铁娘子访问

Greece and Germany 希腊与德国 Angela's Athens 安吉拉在希腊 Greeks bearing grudges 希腊怨声载道 AS a stiff Aegean breeze fluttered the hair and lapels of Angela Merkels pale-green jacket, one Greek reporter thought the outfit looked f

经济学人:苏格兰举行独立公投 卡梅伦大呼留下来

Britain Scotland's independence referendum 英国 苏格兰独立公投 Och aye the No 还是投反对票吧 Scotland ponders whether independence and separation are the same thing 苏格兰思考独立和分离是不是一回事 Should Scotland be a

经济学人:葡萄牙上千民众抗议政府新的紧缩政策

Austerity in Portugal 葡萄牙的紧缩政策 More pain, less gain 痛苦更多，收益更少 Yet another austerity budget raises concerns about future growth 但是另一轮预算紧缩引发了对未来发展的担忧 In happier days before the e

经济学人:联合抗击恐怖主义 法国却唱起了"独角戏"

France, Africa and terrorism 法国，非洲和恐怖主义 An African journey 非洲之行 The French government has new African worries in the Sahel 法国政府对萨赫勒地区忧心忡忡 Hollande with rare new friend 奥朗德和其罕见的新朋

经济学人:肥水却流外人田 法国能重金挽留球星吗?

Europe France and football 欧洲 法国和足球 The Swedish model 瑞典模式 A football club mirrors many French anxieties 足球俱乐部折射出许多法式忧虑 A literary sensation too 浓郁的文学气息 When the Qataris last year bought

经济学人:英国青少年 中规中矩的背后究竟是什么?

Britain Young people 英国的年轻人 The continent generation 节制的一代 Why young Britons have turned responsible 为什么英国年轻人变得有责任感了 I hope I die before I get oldso sang Roger Daltrey of The Who in 1965. A new conc

经济学人:维多利亚的秘密 会员制商业模式重获魔力

Britain the Co-op 英国 运动 Victorian secret 维多利亚的秘密 The member-owned business has regained its mojo 会员制商业模式重获魔力 The ovoid structure near Victoria station, to the north of Manchester city centre, is the most st

经济学人:英国派系纷争 究竟谁是幕后智者?

Britain Politics 英国政治 Tribes of Tories 托利党的派系纷争 The Conservative Party increasingly resembles a patchwork of pressure groups. That is a bad sign for its leader 保守党越来越像压力团体一锅烩，党魁遭遇坏势头

经济学人:德国能源转型 适时求变(下)

Renewables can depress wholesale prices, eg, when the sun creates a midday jolt. This discourages investors in the flexible, gas-powered generation needed to provide backup for windless, cloudy days. The market dynamics are completely destroyed, says

经济学人:斯洛文尼亚 美丽背后蕴藏危机

Slovenia 斯洛文尼亚 Very European 浓郁的欧洲色彩 Slovenias first big crisis since independence 斯洛文尼亚独立后首遇大危机 Beautiful but angry 美丽表面蕴藏危机 Slovenes have always felt rather pleased with themselves.

经济学人:英国的学校改革 优胜劣汰

Britain Schools reform 英国 学校改革 Class acts 优秀法案 Englands schools are radically different. Now make them better英格兰各个学校相比其他地方极为不同，现在是是时候改善这些学校了AT the King Solomon Academy

经济学人:欧洲危机 大国间的政治博弈

Euro crisis 欧洲危机 The end of the euros Indian summer 欧元区小阳春之末 After a few sunny weeks, a political and economic storm is battering the euro zone once again度过几个星期的好日子后，政治经济风暴再度席卷欧元区

经济学人:法国经济萎靡 奥朗德痛失民心

Frances economy 法国经济 The performance gap 绩效差距 The French government seems to realise at last that urgent action is needed to restore the countrys competitiveness法国政府终觉悟，恢复国家竞争力迫在眉睫THE end of the e