2017-08-22 所属栏目:经济学人双语版|经济学人下载

United States
美国Post Office Vs Pooches: Leash the hounds
狗与邮递员：放狗Online shopping helps the post office's bottom line-and delight mutts.
网上购物促进了邮局业务，但也让

2017-08-21 所属栏目:经济学人双语版|经济学人下载

The paper suggests that when capital punishment was an option, juries were often reluctant to convict at all.
文章表明，当罪犯有可能判死罪时，陪审团通常根本不愿意做出定罪裁决。The

2017-08-18 所属栏目:经济学人双语版|经济学人下载

Britain
英国The Death Penalty: Tough love
死刑：严厉的爱Juries acquit if sentences are harsh.
陪审团宣判是否裁决过于严厉。Though no one has been executed in Britain for over 50

2017-08-17 所属栏目:经济学人双语版|经济学人下载

In “End of inflation in the kingdom of Lizarb” —where “everything is back to front” —he skewered the belief that rising prices cause fiscal deficits.
在Lizarb王国通货膨胀的终

2017-08-16 所属栏目:经济学人双语版|经济学人下载

The Americas
美洲Brazilian Letters: Bard of Belindia
巴西字符：Belindia诗人An economist become immortal.
不朽的经济学家。Brazilians who remember the hyper inflationary 1980s che

2017-08-15 所属栏目:经济学人双语版|经济学人下载

No matter which manufacturer is quickest to gain velocity, Uber, a ride-hailing firm, aims to be at the centre of things.
无论哪家制造商最先让飞行器达到预期的速度，叫车公司优步的目

2017-08-14 所属栏目:经济学人双语版|经济学人下载

Business
商业Flying Cars: High in the sky
飞车：云巅之上Firms such as E-volo, Lilium and Uber are re-imagining the daily commute.
E-volo， Lilium以及Uber这些公司正在重新畅想未来

2017-08-11 所属栏目:经济学人双语版|经济学人下载

He now intends to bring in SFr4bn through a rights issue. (Share sales in 2015 raised SFr6bn.)
他现在打算通过供股来注入四十亿瑞郎。（2015年的股权交易筹集了六十亿瑞郎。）Shareholde

2017-08-10 所属栏目:经济学人双语版|经济学人下载

Finance and Economics
财经Credit Suisse: Thiam's tweak
瑞士银行：谭天忠的微调Another change of plan at Switzerland's second biggest bank.
瑞士第二大银行做出了另一改变。E

2017-08-09 所属栏目:经济学人双语版|经济学人下载

A decade ago the average age of an RV-owner was 49, and over 90% were white, says Kevin Broom of the Recreational Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA) , an industry body.
房车行业协

2017-08-08 所属栏目:经济学人双语版|经济学人下载

Business
商业Recreational Vehicles: On the road
房车：启程An all-American product finds new takers.
全美流行的成品找到了新买家。Early spring is the main selling season for recre

2017-08-07 所属栏目:经济学人双语版|经济学人下载

The IMF's model did not allow for an Iraqi invasion.
国际货币基金组织的模型并未考虑到伊拉克的入侵。But other errors are less easily explained: between 1990 and 2007, the IMF&#

2017-08-07 所属栏目:经济学人双语版|经济学人下载

Finance and Economics
财经World Economic Outlook: Hope Springs
世界经济展望：希望之春The IMF believes that economic growth is picking up, sounds familiar.
国际货币基金组织相信世

2017-08-03 所属栏目:经济学人双语版|经济学人下载

In fact, big surprises were rare.
实际上，大惊喜不是天天都有。For a project this complex, a lot of preparation ( "de-risking" in the jargon) is needed before private contractors c

2017-08-02 所属栏目:经济学人双语版|经济学人下载

Finance and Economics
财经Crossrail: The skeleton crew
穿城铁路：“骨干”成员Lessons on risk management, from Europe's biggest infrastructure project.
由欧洲最大的基础

2017-08-01 所属栏目:经济学人双语版|经济学人下载

The city has hired too few inspectors to catch fare-dodgers and motorists who stray into bus lanes (though cameras are catching some of the errant cars).
城市中的查票员和巡警不足，

2017-07-31 所属栏目:经济学人双语版|经济学人下载

The Americas
美洲Chile: Going Nowhere
智利：无处可去The Capital's public transport system is sputtering.
智利首都的交通系统饱受诟病。Transantiago, the Chilean capital's

2017-07-31 所属栏目:经济学人双语版|经济学人下载

Space in Cape Town's downtown core and seaboard is limited, and homes are expensive.
在开普敦市中心和海滨的空间是有限的，而住房又是昂贵的。So the poor have to travel long distanc

2017-07-27 所属栏目:经济学人双语版|经济学人下载

Middle East and Africa
中东与非洲South Africa: Highway interrupted
南非：被阻断的高速公路A road to nowhere may finally reach an end.
无尽之路终有尽头。Between the ocean and the

2017-07-26 所属栏目:经济学人双语版|经济学人下载

The 26m employed Britons earn on average ￡90 ($112) a day.
两千六百万名在职的英国人每天平均能挣90镑（112美元）。Covering the shortfall would cost around ￡120bn a year, equivalen

2017-07-25 所属栏目:经济学人双语版|经济学人下载

Britain
英国Three-Day Weekends: Thank God it's Thursday
三天周末：谢天谢地，终于星期四了A shorter working week sounds appealing, but could be costly.
更短的工作周听起来很美好，

2017-07-24 所属栏目:经济学人双语版|经济学人下载

Distance may breed discontent.
和朋友的分离可能产生失落感。Another reason may be that, when not distracted by schoolwork, children spend more time in front of a screen, which rese

2017-07-21 所属栏目:经济学人双语版|经济学人下载

Britain
英国Work VS Play: The Easter Blues
工作vs娱乐：万圣节的烦恼Despiting Kris Chocolate Russians, Children would rather be at school.
尽管可以吃巧克力，孩子们还是想在学校待着

2017-07-20 所属栏目:经济学人双语版|经济学人下载

The senior Mr Kovac was a political opponent of Mr Meciar's.
而老科瓦克则是米契尔的政治对手。But before charges could be brought, Mr Meciar passed an amnesty law that buried t

2017-07-19 所属栏目:经济学人双语版|经济学人下载

Europe
欧洲Slovakia Political Misery: Family Drama
斯洛伐克政坛疑云：家庭大戏Who kidnapped the president's son?
是谁绑架了斯洛伐克总统的儿子？In August 1995 Michal Kovac Jr, wh