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The economics of good looks. The line of beauty. Pretty people still get the best deals in the market, from labour to love. Beauty Pays: Why Attractive People are More Successful. By Daniel Hamer...

美貌经济学 貌美之人的界限 外貌标致的人仍然最有市场，不论是找工作还是爱情 《美貌买单》：为何有魅力的人更加成功，丹尼尔·汉姆梅斯着。 《美貌的偏见》：生活与法律中外貌的不公, 黛博拉·罗得着。 及《甜蜜的金钱》:魅...

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The economy’s prospects. Waiting for the earth to open. The usual accelerators of recession are absent—but so are the brakes. HOURS after an earthquake struck America’s east coast on August 23rd,...

经济前景 待重头收拾旧山河 经济不再像往常般加速下滑——而是已经减速 在美国东海岸8月23日的地震之后数个小时，上班族们仍在华盛顿和纽约(见上图)的街道上游荡着，惴惴不安地等待着下次余震。美国经济也正出现类似的情况。跨经2007...

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THE deficit-reduction deal that finally raised America’s debt ceiling and staved off the threat of default seemed to make no one happy. “A sugar-coated Satan sandwich,” one Democratic congressman call...

减赤协议还是达成了，该协议最终决定提高美国的债务上限，以避开违约的风险。但貌似没人会笑得出来。“这不过是块裹了糖衣的撒旦三明治，”一位民主党众议员这样形容它。共和党的下届总统候选人也一致对协议进行了斥责。 但是比这个协议本身还让人不满...

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Wealth, poverty, and fragile states. MIFFed by misrule. A new category of countries mixes modest affluence with miserable governance. MOST people think they know what a failed state looks like. A...

富国、穷国和弱国 劣政生怨 有点钱却又不善管制的新型国家 大多数人自以为懂得何谓失败的政权。索马里就是一个典型的例子。这个星期联合国正式承认索马里南部闹饥荒。伊斯兰民兵组织Shabab解除被它称为“反伊斯兰教”的援助机构入境的禁令之...

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What is the Stock Exchange and how does it work? The Stock Exchange is nothing more than a giant globally network tend to organize the market place where every day huge sums of money are m...

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Milk chocolate. Dark chocolate. White chocolate. Fruit or nuts covered with chocolate. Chocolate milk. Hot chocolate milk. Chocolate biscuits. Chocolate cake. Chocolate ice cream. There are...

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The decline of marriage. For richer, for smarter. The traditional family is now the preserve of a minority. MARRIAGE, and its many ups and downs, still exercises a powerful hold over newspapers, ...

婚姻的衰落 结婚吧，为了更富有、更聪明 传统家庭：少数人的坚持 婚姻、婚姻里的悲欢离合仍然强有力地占据着报纸、杂志的版面和广播电视的节目。近2300万美国人收看了威廉王子迎娶凯特·米德尔顿的神圣婚礼。更有数百万人因阿诺德·...

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Health and longevity. Long live the fat American. Obesity may threaten life expectancy. Or maybe not. AMERICA’S obesity epidemic is so called for a reason. Roughly one in three adults is obese. ...

健康与寿命 长命百岁 美国胖子! 肥胖症不知是否会威胁人们的预期寿命 在美国，说肥胖症流行有理有据：大约每三个成年人中就有一个是胖子。6月25日出版的一项研究结果表明，2008年，美国有近2500万糖尿病患者。然而，美国人正生活在...