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Perhaps it was always too good to be true. The big economic story of 2023 was the seemingly painless disinflation in America, with consumer-price pressures receding even as growth remained resilien...

也许经济形势总是美好得令人难以置信。2023年的重大经济问题是美国的通货紧缩，看似不痛不痒，因为经济保持韧性增长，消费者价格压力减弱，股价得以飙升。可惜的是，2024年迄今为止的经济形势并不那么乐观。经济依然强劲增长，但部分结果是通胀问题更...

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LifeScore, says Tom Gruber, a co-founder, is "literally swamped with requests" from clients including Sony Music, Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group. An original release is typically turn...

联合创始人汤姆·格鲁伯表示，LifeScore被索尼音乐、环球音乐集团和华纳音乐集团等客户的请求淹没，不堪重负。原始曲目通常会混几次到十几次音。但一位客户打算发布一首原创曲目的6000多个AI版本，每个版本都针对不同的市场，令人眼花缭乱。 ...

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In the dystopia of George Orwell's novel "1984", Big Brother numbs the masses with the help of a "versificator", a machine designed to automatically generate the lyrics to popular tunes, thereby riddi...

乔治·奥威尔的小说《1984》以反乌托邦世界为背景，其中的“老大哥”通过“诗化器”麻痹大众（“诗化器”是一种自动生成流行歌曲歌词的机器），从而抹杀了人类的创造力。 如今，许多人工智能（AI）模型都在大量生成粗制滥造的音乐，有些是免费的...

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The missing piece of the puzzle had been wages. Last year annual wage negotiations produced gains of 3.8%, the highest in three decades. But wage growth still trailed inflation, leaving real inc...

整个环节中缺少的一环是工资。去年，年度工资谈判产生了3.8%的工资增长，是三十年来的最高水平。但工资增长率仍然落后于通胀率，导致实际收入下降。然后就出现了上周的重磅数据。这些数据包括大幅提高日本工资中的基础部分，这一部分的工资与资历不挂钩。...

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Finance and economics. Fighting inflation. Interesting times. Japan ends the world's greatest monetary-policy experiment. On March 19th officials at the Bank of Japan (BOJ) announced that, wit...

财经 抗击通胀 有趣的利率时代 日本结束了世界上最大型的货币政策实验。 3月19日，日本央行的官员宣布，随着2%的可保持通胀率“近在眼前”，将取消一系列旨在将经济从通货紧缩的低迷状态中拉出来的措施，这标志着一项激进实验的结束...

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To help overcome situations like this, it helps to have independent third parties who are able to adjudicate quality. It is often easier to sell a used car to a mechanic or a dealer, for instance, ...

为了解决这样的情况，有能够评判质量的独立第三方是有帮助的。例如，将一辆二手车卖给机械师或经销商往往更容易，他们之后能向不太懂车的买家提供担保。 许多奢侈品牌在出售手提包时会提供保真卡，这样顾客就可以证明他们购买的包是真的。检查这种和其...

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Finance and economics. Free exchange. I love your bag! Thanks, it's a lemon. An economist's guide to the luxury-handbag market. You could spot a fake a mile off. The plasticky "Prado" wallets...

财经 自由交换 我喜欢你的包包! 谢谢，这是个柠檬包。 一位经济学家对奢侈手提包市场的指南。 曾经你在一英里开外就能认出假货。在纽约坚尼街两旁的人行道上，摆放在床单上的塑料“普拉多”钱包与苏豪区普拉达专卖店出售的钱包只...

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There it remained until 2005, when the firm started to wonder whether mobile phones might provide a use for Chemcor, which was renamed Gorilla Glass. In 2007 the boss of Corning took a call from St...

直到2005年，该公司开始思考，手机是否可以为Chemcor提供用处，并将这种玻璃改名为“大猩猩玻璃”。2007年，康宁的老板接到了史蒂夫·乔布斯的电话，当时乔布斯正在为新的智能手机寻找合适的玻璃。 可以想见，从此在康宁没有人会质疑做...