A third, more anarchic way to transfer resources from young to old is a speculative bubble. 第三种、同时也是更为无序地将资源从年轻人转移到老年人的方式是投机泡沫。 In a bubble, people pay over the odds for an asset,

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The U.S. government said this week it expects to run a $1.1 trillion deficit for the year ending in September, a drop from 2011, but the fourth straight year deficits have totaled more than $1 trillion. President Barack Obama and Congress embarked la

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例 Ⅰ: In 1921 Antioch College adopted a policy requiring students to____beyond their stacks of books and contribute their talents to the working world in order to earn their bachelor's degree. (A) rise (B) venture (C) probe (D) excel (E) strut 〖

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大家都说爱笑的人运气不会差到哪里去,有没有发现你身边整天笑容满面的人运气也不错呢?事实上他们不是因为运气好而笑,而是因为爱笑而运气好哦! People are always smiling, especially in grou

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本期内容: Japan returned to recession in the third quarter. GDP contracted at an annualised rate of 0.8%, more than economists had feared,having shrunk by 0.7% in the second. The recession is the second since Shinzo Abe became prime minister in

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The credit rating agency Standard Poor's has downgraded the U.S. credit rating for the first time ever from the country's elite AAA status to AA-plus, with a negative outlook. In a statement late Friday, SP said it made the move because the deficit-r

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新外滩华丽亮相 东方华尔街呼之欲出 3月28日,历时近3年时间综合改造的百年上海外滩在世博会开幕前夕宣告竣工。重新开放的亮丽外滩,不仅将迎来7000万人次的世博会游客,还将迎来一头出

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TOKYO The Japanese economy deteriorated more severely than expected in the third quarter, according to government data released on Monday, extending a downturn into a second consecutive three-month period and putting the country in technical recessio

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U.S. President Barack Obama and key congressional leaders are meeting Friday in their first face-to-face effort to resolve crucial government financial issues before the end of the year. As the talks started, President Obama said he and the lawmakers

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NEW DELHI Foreign investment in India has slowed down in recent months, but a recent United Nations survey says Asia's third largest economy continues to be an attractive investment destination for global companies. Official data show that in April a

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Efforts to slash national debts are at the heart of fierce debates in United States and protests in other nations. In some cases, these government debts are bigger than the entire economic output of the nation for a year. Debt problems can slow econo

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JUDY WOODRUFF: Joining me now to discuss the change is Mei Fong, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist with over a decade of experience covering Asia. She's the author of the upcoming book One Child: The Story of China's Most Radical Experiment.Mei Fon

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Finance ministers from the 19 Eurozone countries will meet in Brussels today to consider whether Greece has made enough progress on economic reforms to release the next round of international bailout funds. On Sunday, the Greek parliament had approve

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FOR the chief executives of Deutsche Boerse (DB) and NYSE Euronext, this weeks hobnobbing in Davos was strictly business. A $9.5 billion plan to unite the two exchanges was derailed in early December when European Commission staff revealed they were

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AMERICAN manufacturers complain that China undervalues its exchange rate. But which one? The nominal exchange rate is now 6.67 Yuan to the dollar, having strengthened by almost 2% since September 5th (when Larry Summers, an adviser to President Barac

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Land-locked countries by Richard Sidaway Is geography important? Heres a question for you to answer. What have the following countries got in common: Australia, Japan, the United Kingdom, Iceland and Madagascar? Quite easy if you can picture them on

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European migration 欧洲移民 The great escape 胜利大逃亡 Emigration may not relieve pressure on wages in weak economies 在经济疲软的背景下,欧洲人移民国外也许不能在工资方面缓解压力 Purchasing power on the move 购买

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GRE填空选择答案有什么原则?要想获得理想的GRE考试成绩,对于GRE句子填空的解答一定要精准。这就要求考生对于GRE填空解答原则有所认识,下面和小编一起来看看吧: 在某些词组性质的习语中

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From NPR News in Washington, I am Jeanine Herbst. A meeting is underway at the White House between Senate and House leaders at this hour, its a final step at trying to find a solution to avoid the looming fiscal cliff of automatic tax hikes and spend

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From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. President Obama is out with a far-reaching plan to fight climate change. In a speech at Georgetown University, Obama announced his administration would launch the first-ever federal regulations to limit

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