经济学人301:法国广告业的前辈仍宝刀未老
MAURICE is immortal, says the chief executive of a French multinational. When told of his friends comment, Maurice Lvy, boss of Publicis, one of the worlds biggest advertising firms, is visibly flattered. But he demurs. When you think you are immorta
经济学人302:羽管键琴家——古斯塔夫·莱昂哈特
A CONCERT by Gustav Leonhardt was not like any other. He approached his harpsichord with the air of a mortician, slightly flexing his long, delicate hands. As he played he sat bolt upright, gaunt and aquiline, unsmiling in his crisp, perfect suit, wi
经济学人303:印第安纳州毅然通过工作权利法案
INDIANA, like many manufacturing states in the Midwest, has long felt the pain of seeing jobs go overseas. In his seven years as Republican governor, Mitch Daniels's response has been to offer a strong diet of pro-business legislation. In the past fe
经济学人304:无疆界之战 Battling borderless bugs
TO GET an idea of where the worlds pharmaceutical industry is heading, a leafy complex tucked off a hectic road in Mumbai provides a clue. In one part of the building, Abbott, an American firm, is developing generic drugsa privilege it won when it bo
经济学人305:衰退与创业 Downturn, Start up
Downturn, start up -The effects of recessions on entrepreneurs and managers run deep 衰退与创业 经济衰退对企业家和经理人的影响在加剧 THE list of famous companies founded during economic downturns is long and varied. It includes
经济学人306:酒醉以酒解 A Hair of The Dog
AFTER three years of stagnant loan growth, The Peoples Bank in Coldwater, Ohio, has noticed a change. Clients who two years ago would not have qualified for a loan now find that they can. One customer who was working for only 35 hours a week two year
经济学人307:对粗鄙行为的管制过时了么?
IT WAS not that noticeable amid all the razzmatazz. Many viewers missed it. But on February 5th, during the half-time show of the Super Bowl, the apogee of both the sporting and broadcasting year, MIA, a British pop star, unexpectedly sang I dont giv
经济学人308:这片儿我说了算 Turf Wars
THEY are, typically, young Hispanic or black males; but the victims of gang killings are no more likely to be involved in drugs or other crimes than their non-gang slain counterparts. According to a new study by the Centres for Disease Control and Pr
经济学人309:两个半场的竞赛
EVEN people who dont normally care much for football tune in to the Super Bowl to watch the best commercials Madison Avenue can dream up. The most talked about this year was Chryslers gritty tribute to the economic revival of America and Detroit. Mor
经济学人310:多哈回合谈判的最后期限
LAST November marked the start of the tenth year since the epic, stamina-sapping Doha round of trade talks began. It was also when the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, and Britains prime minister, David Cameron, joined by the heads of government of
经济学人311:名义上廉价还是实际上昂贵?
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
经济学人312:绿色乱局 Tangled Up in Green Tape
PITY the engineers responsible for keeping Americas coal-fired power plants up to standard. a court halted the adoption of new regulations on that would have affected lots of themjust two days before they were due to go into force. The suspended regu
经济学人313:繁文缛节该省省了
CHEERS greeted Barack Obamas hiring of Cass Sunstein away from the University of Chicago. Mr Sunstein, a lawyer, now head of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, is in charge of lifting the heavy hand of regulation from Americas economy.
经济学人314:肯尼迪三世-巧克力蛋糕的诱惑
THE tourists taking pictures of John Kennedys relatively modest birthplace in Brookline on Presidents Day had not heard that the former presidents great-nephew had just entered the family business. But it seemed that everyone else in Massachusetts an
经济学人315:接纳摩门教徒,有容乃大
MORMONS are outing themselves. In 2010 the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints launched a multi-million-dollar campaign to counter misconceptions about the religion, and last October it was vastly expanded. Billboards have now gone up in a do
