The world this week -- Politics 本周国际要闻政治 A congressional stalemate over whether to raise Americas debt ceiling showed signs of easing. 国会就是否提高美国债务上限问题陷入的僵局显示出缓和的迹象。 Mitch McCon...
Books and Arts -- Book Review 文学与艺术书评 Business Ethics -- Virtues reward 商业伦理美德的奖赏 Net Positive. By Paul Polman and Andrew Winston. 《净正数》，作者：保罗波尔曼和安德鲁温斯顿。 What is the purpose...
Business 商业 Technology -- The Mexican wave 科技墨西哥浪潮 At long last, Mexico is enjoying a startup bonanza. 墨西哥初创企业终于迎来了财运。 Kavak, a Mexican startup, provides an elegant solution to a glaring problem: how to...
America's debt ceiling 美国的债务上限 Could a zany proposal help avert a debt crisis? 一个滑稽的提议能帮助美国度过债务危机吗？ IT IS A mining rock of such resistance, that it is not easy to cut with the force of blows on a...
Despite Mr Obamas insistence that drones could precisely target Americas enemies, the rising volume of strikes ensured civilian casualties rose also. 尽管奥巴马坚称无人机可以精确瞄准美国的敌人，但不断增加的空袭也使平民...
War from a distance Droning on 战争就在不远处嗡嗡作响 The president is weighing how extensively to use drones. More civilian casualties abroad seem the likeliest outcome 美国总统正在权衡使用无人机的强度。在国外，最终结...
The world this week - Politics 本周国际要闻政治 After Germanys general election the Social Democrats (SPD) emerged as the largest party, overtaking the Christian Democrats and their Bavarian allies who currently lead the ruling grand coalitio...
The world this week - Business 本周国际要闻商业 Janet Yellen, Americas treasury secretary, gave her strongest warning yet on the potential consequences of not raising the federal debt limit, saying it would be catastrophic. 美国财政部长珍...
Book and Arts 文学与艺术 Book Review 书评 The end of cash - Kill bills 现金的终结消灭纸币 The Future of Money. By Eswar Prasad. 《货币的未来》，作者：埃斯瓦尔普拉萨德。 For most people, money still means physical c...
Business 商业 Supply chains - Out of the groove 供应链节奏之外（译者注：双关，这里既有脱离最佳状态之意，也暗指本文要讲的音乐行业，groove也指节奏） The music industry is an unexpected victim of a plastic...
