Bello 贝洛 A political FUTbol 政治足球 智利税改 Michelle Bachelet's struggle to combine equity and growth in ChileMichelle Bachelet致力于在智利经济增长的同时促进公平CHILE has only one great enemy and it's called inequality,

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Military uniforms 军装 Out of sight 真正隐形 Expense and stupidity too big to camouflage迷彩服也不再能伪装目标巨大的支出和愚蠢 I WEAR camo so I can feel safe, says Sean, a member of the navy reserve. He cannot quite fathom wh

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Economics brief: Fiscal multipliers 经济概要:财政乘数 Where does the buck stop? 责任到哪里为止? Fiscal stimulus, an idea championed by John Maynard Keynes, has gone in and out of fashion. 由凯恩斯首倡的财政刺激思想经历

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Caps on how much individuals can borrow, in the form of maximum loan-to-value (LTV) and debt-to-income ratios, are another option. 以最大价值贷款比(LTV)和债务收入比率的形式限制个人贷款上限是另一种选择。 A recent IMF s

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BANKS often face conflicts of interest when it comes to advising their customers. 当提及为客户提供咨询建议的时候,银行经常面临利益冲突。 The regulators who are supposed to stop the abuses that can result are not always up t

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Finland shredded its tax agreement with Portugal in June. 6月,芬兰撕毁了与葡萄牙的税收协定。 If Portugal does not accept a draft deal letting Finland tax most pensions drawn by its retirees there by November, it will start doing so

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They appoint three board members between them, matching the government's quota. 他们从中指定3名董事会成员,与政府配额相匹配。 A final three, also chosen by the government, must be from outside politics. For a 4G project to get F

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Finance and Economics 财经 Free Exchange: Many happy returns 自由交流:丰厚回报 A new data trove helps reshape how the economy is understood. 新的数据宝藏有助于重塑经济体被如何理解。 Data-gathering is the least sexy par

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Finance and Economics 财经 Buttonwood: Investor Caution Obligatory 梧桐树专栏:投资者,谨慎责无旁贷 A new craze attracts the attention of regulators 一场新的狂热引起监管者的关注 Here is the deal. 有这样一笔买卖。

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As America presses North Korea to abandon nuclear weapons, it has pointed to Vietnam as an example of the prosperity that awaits the isolated state. 美国施压朝鲜要求其放弃核武器,美国举例越南,指出越南的繁荣就是朝鲜的将

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It costs more to send a 40-foot container by road from Bogot, Colombia's capital, 通过陆路将一个40英尺的集装箱从哥伦比亚首都波哥大 to Buenaventura on its Pacific coast than to ship it on from Buenaventura to Shanghai. 运往太平

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Refugees The hard journey Europe's plan to cope with maritime refugees needs to go further 难民 艰难的旅途 欧洲为应对海飘难民而制定的计划还需要做的更多,考虑的更深远。 THE gulf between sentiment and action is as w

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Even if the grand coalition staggers on, Mrs Merkel should not hang around for long. 即使大联盟政府摇摇欲坠,默克尔也不应该浪费太多时间。 The CDU, when it gathers in December at the congress that will now choose a new party

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Leaders 社论 America divided 美利坚分众国 Politicians are making Americans miserable. The mid-terms offer a chance to change 政客们让美国民众痛苦不堪,中期选举是一个改变的机会 As America prepares to go to the polls on

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Science and technology. 科技。 Medical implants. 医用植入设备。 A sweet idea. 一个甜美的想法。 Researchers are trying to harness glucose-the body's own fuel-to power implantable gadgets such as pacemakers. 研究人员正试图利用葡

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French business 法国商业 Outside in 由外到内 France just might be growing more tolerant of disruptive outsider 法国也许会对外来的破坏分子越发纵容 THE French do have a word for entrepreneur, pace George Bush, and more than 500

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Book Review; 书评; Eli Broad 埃利布罗德 Uncommonly unreasonable 不是不讲理 The Art of Being Unreasonable: Lessons in Unconventional Thinking. 不讲理的艺术:想法脱俗教会我们 Few businessmen have achieved as much as Eli Bro

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Books and Arts; 文艺; Britain's third-world economy 英国的第三世界经济 Relegation for Albion 大不列颠的陨落 Going South: Why Britain Will Have A Third World Economy By 2014. By Larry Elliott and Dan Atkinson. 《滑向全球之南:

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Business 商业。 Yahoo 雅虎。 Googling a new boss 从谷歌来的新总裁。 Marissa Mayer takes on one of the toughest jobs in tech 玛丽莎梅耶尔接任技术界一份最艰巨的工作。 SHORTLY after news broke on July 16th of her appoi

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Egypt after the coup 政变之后的埃及 It isnt over yet 一切还未终结 A week after the military coup that overthrew Egypts elected Islamist president, the country remains dangerously divided 埃及发生军事政变,民选伊斯兰总统遭罢

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