2018年CRI Trump's China tariffs undermine rules-based trade order: economist

An Australian economist says U.S. President Donald Trump's proposal to impose massive tariffs on imports from China will undermine the rules-based order on world trade. Dr. James Laurenceson, Professor and Deputy Director of the Australia-China Relat

2018年CRI Trade deficit with China a "Made-in-the-USA" problem: US economist

The US total trade deficit is determined by the US. Weve run a constant trade deficit in the United States in total since 1975 for every single year. We dont save enough. We invest much more than we save. Getting China to reduce its bilateral trade d

SSS 2008-05-14

This is Scientific American's 60 Second Science, I'm Karen Hopkin, this'll just take a minute. With gas prices at an all-time high, and expected to climb higher, seems people are keenly aware of what it costs to drive from here to there. But a study

VOA标准英语2010年-Economist Says Market Jitters Exaggera

Despite falling 140 points before the market opened, because of disappointing corporate earnings, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed more than half a percent higher on Tuesday. A Wall Street economist says the mixed signals reflect an exaggerate

VOA标准英语2010年-Venezuela's Oil Wealth Powers Social P

Venezuela sits on huge oil reserves, and oil wealth is powering President Hugo Chavez' drive to eradicate poverty and transform the country into a socialist haven. But critics accuse the government of mismanaging the state-owned petroleum industry. V

VOA标准英语2009年-Nobel-Winning Economist says System Stacked Aga

Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz says the global economic system is stacked against developing countries. He warns rich countries will lose out by ignoring the plight of poor nations during these testing times. Joseph Stiglitz at the Wo

VOA标准英语2010年-China's GDP Growth Slows, But Remains

China's economic growth remained strong in the third quarter, though the pace slowed from earlier this year. The government's primary concern - inflation - edged slightly higher, suggesting the world's second-largest economy remains buoyant and has n

VOA标准英语2009年-Nobel Economist Says Asia's Economies in '

Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz says Asia's economies are on the way to recovery after the most severe downturn in a decade. But he sees the need for greater regulation and monitoring of global financial markets. Joseph E. Stiglitz (fi

考研英语得阅读者得天下

考研界公认的一条准则：得阅读者得天下。考研阅读A部分占整张试卷的40分，主要考查考生理解主旨要义、具体信息、概念性含 义，进行有关的判断、推理和引申，根据上下文推测生词的词义

VOA常速英语2008年-Economists: Only New Leadership Can Revive Zimb

By Peta Thornycroft 14 March 2008 Zimbabwe's economy has been in crisis for nearly 10 years, but as election day approaches, its collapse is gathering pace, and no one is sure where it is heading. Peta Thornycroft reports for VOA that economists, ind

VOA慢速英语2010年-Economics Report - Global Recession Hi

This is the VOA Special English Economics Report. Both the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund expect the world economy to shrink this year for the first time since World War Two. As recently as January, the I.M.F. had predicted growth of

VOA标准英语10月-US Economist Paul Krugman Wins Nobel Prize

American economist Paul Krugman won this year's Nobel economics award, the last in a series of 2008 Nobels handed out over the past week. From Paris, Lisa Bryant reports for VOA that Krugman was cited by the Nobel committee for his analysis of how e

VOA标准英语10月-Economists say World Financial Crisis Affecting A

The crisis in world financial and stock markets has not dramatically affected most African nations. But African economists say the continent could experience considerable repercussions as lending and investment abilities tighten in the industrialize

America's deficit problem is more than fiscal: U.S. economist

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 (Xinhua)-- The Unites States needs to address its budget deficit, but measures to be taken should not bring counterproductive effects as the nation also face jobs and growth deficits, said a renowned U.S. economist and President O

2017年CRI BRICS to overtake G7 economically in some 2 decades' time: economist

The former commercial secretary of the UK Treasury has predicted that BRICS will overtake the G7 economically by around 2035 if China stays on track. Jim O'Neill, who coined the acronym BRIC in 2001, says he's made the prediction based on the sheer s

2018年CRI U.S. economist: Trump should be proud of trade deficit

Don Boudreaux, US economist at George Mason University in Virginia explained that a trade deficit is actually a good thing for the country, and that US tariffs eventually hurt Americans in the end. Trump administration should be proud of trade defici

经济学人:货币的半衰期 (1)

In 1946 Gyorgy Faludy, a Hungarian poet, received 300 bn pengo for a new edition of his works. 1946年，匈牙利诗人Gyorgy Faludy收到了作品再版稿费3000亿辨戈。 The sum would have been worth $60bn before the second world war. 二战前这

经济学人323:差距再次扩大

OCCUPY WALL STREET may be long gone from lower Manhattan, but worries persist about the gap between Americas richest 1% and the rest. Talk of inequality pervades the presidential race. In his January state-of-the-union message, Barack Obama called th

全球死亡质量排名：英国居首位

Britain may not be the best place to live, but it is the best place to die. 英国可能不是最适宜居住的地方，但却是最适合死的地方。 The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) ranked the country first in its latest quality-of-death i

Economist: Spanish football dying

Economist: Spanish football dying MADRID, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- The economist, Jose Maria Gay de Liebana has given a warning to Spanish football clubs that the sport is in danger of dying out in the country. It seems hard to believe in a football mad