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A third theory is that the industry is less competitive than it looks. In most areas a few big brokers handle most transactions. They set high fees, which lure ever more people into the profession: be...

第三种理论是房地产行业并不像想象的那样竞争激烈。在大部分地区，少数大型的经纪商掌控大部分交易。他们定高手续费，引诱更多的人进入该行业：在1998年到2005年之间，美国房产经纪人协会的成员数上涨了67%。这些中介机构浪费时间，彼此竞争卖掉每...

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Business. American property. The great realtor rip-off. Why is it so expensive to buy or sell a house in America? In Britain, if you want to sell your home, an estate agent will list the propert...

商业 美国房市 房地产经纪人大敲竹杠 在美国，买卖房子怎么就这么贵？ 在英国，如果你想卖掉自己的房子，房地产中介就会列好财产清单，找买家，帮你达成协议并指引你完成交易，做这么多只为赚取房屋售价2-3%的佣金。而在美国，房地产经纪...

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Books and Arts. Book Review. Biology and financial instability. The molecules of mayhem. The Hour Between Dog and Wolf: Risk-Taking, Gut Feelings and the Biology of Boom and Bust. By John Coates. ...

文艺 书评 生物学和金融界的不稳定性 混乱的分子 狗和狼之间的那一刻：冒险、 直觉和繁荣与萧条的生物学 约翰·科茨着 导致金融危机的因素有好几个：贪婪的银行家、 具误导性的监管制度、 对房屋所有权的痴迷— — 任你挑选。...

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Once pure, most oils are then ready to go into a fuel tank. But coconut oil is different. It is thicker than other fuels. It turns into a solid at a much higher temperature - about twenty-five degrees...

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What kind of transport do you use the most - bus? Train? Car, maybe? Do you ever wonder how much fuel these vehicles need to move around? Almost all of them use mineral oil. Mineral oil comes from und...

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A first possible tack would be to take America to the WTO, in the hope of a ruling that its new subsidies are illegal. Such wranglings are long, dull and unrewarding: the transatlantic battle over ...

第一个可能的策略是将美国告上世贸组织，希望世贸组织裁定美国新的补贴非法。这样的争论是漫长、乏味且没有回报的：大西洋两岸围绕空客和波音飞机补贴的争端持续了17年。到2021年这场争端结束时，除了律师，很难说究竟谁是胜者。 如今，人们甚至...

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United States divided Europe. America's green subsidies are causing headaches in Europe. For years, Europe has nagged the world to follow its lead in cutting carbon emissions. In August America...

美国分裂了欧洲。 美国的绿色补贴让欧洲头疼不已。 多年来，欧洲一直在催促世界各国加入欧洲的行列，共同削减碳排放。8月，美国联邦政府终于听从了它的建议；乔·拜登总统签署了一项大规模绿色补贴一揽子计划。该计划《通货膨胀削减法案》（I...

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Europe. The train in Spain. To the end of the earth. Spain's high-speed network reaches far-off Galicia. For Centuries the main way to Galicia, Spain's north-western corner, was on foot, on the ...

欧洲 西班牙的火车 直到世界的尽头 西班牙的高速铁路网络延伸到了遥远的加利西亚 几个世纪以来，前往西班牙西北角加利西亚的主要方式是徒步，这是朝圣者前往圣地亚哥德孔波斯特拉的路线。十年或二十年前，糟糕的路况意味着，从马德里开车过去...