经济学人256:美国高速公路 American Highways
American highways 美国高速公路 The efficiency conundrum 效能难题 A combination of less driving and more fuel-efficient vehicles is imperilling Americas highway system 驾车出行的减少和节能车的增多正在危及美国的高速公路
经济学人257:世界最大珠宝商"周大福"上市
Chinese jewellers 中国珠宝商 Beijing bling 珠光宝气 The worlds largest jeweller goes public 世界最大珠宝商上市 AT FIRST blush, Chow Tai Fook (CTF) may seem to be in a spot of bother. The secretive Hong Kong-based chain of jewellery
经济学人258:人们在谎言诱惑下会怎样进行合作
HOW people collaborate, in the face of numerous temptations to cheat, is an important field of psychological and economic research. A lot of this research focuses on the tit-for-tat theory of co-operation: that humans are disposed, when dealing with
经济学人259:平流层的变化能引发讨人厌的寒流
Climate and the solar cycle 气候和太阳圈 Chilling out in the winter sun 在冬日的阳光中发冷 Stratospheric changes can lead to nasty cold snaps 平流层的变化能引发讨人厌的寒流 THOSE unconvincedand those seeking to unconvinc
经济学人260:南非最有影响力的矿业家族下一步会如何?
Swapping gems for cash 宝石交易 What next for South Africa's foremost mining family? 南非最有影响力的矿业家族,下一步会如何? MOST people would be overjoyed to pocket $5.1 billion. But Nicky Oppenheimer, the chairman of De Bee
经济学人261:全球抗议活动目标不一致
Protests 全球抗议活动 Not quite together 目标不一致 Protests are proliferating across the world. Their aim is not obvious. Nor is how much they matter. 抗议活动正扩散至全世界。这些活动没有明确目标,也没有太大意义
经济学人262:白酒分销机构趋向私有化
Drinking rules 酒品销售条例 Behind the Zion curtain 锡安山之幕 The drinks flow more freely, except in Utah 酒欲横流犹他除外 ALMOST 80 years after the repeal of Prohibition, the sale of wine and spirits remains partly or wholly in g
经济学人263:食品荒漠 Good food and bad:Just deserts
Just deserts 沙漠 Poor access to fresh food is a solvable health problem 难于接近新鲜食品是一个可以解决的健康问题 THE corner shop on South Honore and West 59th in Englewood is an uninviting sort of place. Those windows that are
经济学人264:气候对二氧化碳的敏感性可能低于先前的预期
Climate change 气候变化 Good news at last? 终于来了好消息? The climate may not be as sensitive to carbon dioxide as previously believed 气候对二氧化碳的敏感性可能低于先前的预期 CLIMATE science is famously complicated,
经济学人265:"筒子"们,一起行动来抗击艾滋病吧
AIDS 艾滋病 Get your act together, guys 筒子们,一起行动吧! Two UN reports on AIDS are coming out this month. That is one too many 联合国将于本月发布两份艾滋报告,其中一份纯属多余。 SOMETHING odd is going on in
经济学人266:英国将面临下一轮衰退
The economy Autumn leaves falling 经济秋叶落了 The growing troubles in the euro zone mean Britain is set for another recession 日益严重的欧元区危机,意味着英国将要面临下一轮衰退 PREPARE for some bad news. The prime mini
经济学人267:梦想之地,哈佛商学院
Business education 商业教育 Field of dreams 梦想之地 Harvard Business School reinvents its MBA course 哈佛商学院改良其工商管理硕士 (MBA) 课程 YOUNG mums shopping in the Copley Mall in downtown Boston last month found themselve
经济学人268:电信网络双巨头 Two’s company in Telecom networks
Telecom networks 电信网络 Twos company 双巨头 In an industry with a cost leader and a price leader, is there room for others? 当一个行业里既有成本领导者又有价格领导者的时候,其它公司还有市场空间吗? REVOLUTION
经济学人269:二战间卓越的英国间谍特工南希去世
Nancy Wake 南希 saboteur and special agent, died on August 7th, aged 98 南希?威克,二战间功勋卓越的英国间谍特工,8月7日去世,享年98岁。 CONVIVIAL, and not averse to a drink, Nancy Wake could often be found cheering up a
经济学人270:技术与公民自由 Technology and civil liberties
Technology and civil liberties 技术与公民自由 Dont shoot 不要拍摄! Police may not like being filmed, but they had better get used to it 警察可能不喜欢被人拍摄,不过他们最好习惯之 WHAT is the most striking image to em