经济学人:国民健康保险制度 遇冷的医改
The NHS 国民健康保险制度 Health reform in a cold climate 遇冷的医改 The government's reforms to the NHS are viewed as its biggest failure. They are better than that 政府医改被指其最大败笔。盛名之下其实难副 WITH the Co
经济学人:奥斯本将军 财政大臣诡计连连
Bagehot 白芝浩 General Osborne 奥斯本将军 The chancellor's fifth budget was full of trickeryyet utterly serious 财政大臣发布的第五个财政预算诡计连连但确实严肃 NOW this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the
经济学人:养老金 随用随取的钱罐
Pensions 养老金 Pot luck 随用随取的钱罐 The chancellor hands more freedom to retirees 财政大臣给予退休人员更多的自由 GET out those cruise brochuresretirees may soon be going on a spending spree. Historically, most Britons wit
经济学人:楼市 温和战略
Housing 楼市 Modest plans 温和战略 The government goes back into housebuilding 政府重回地产建设 WHEN George Osborne is spotted outsideWestminster, he is very often making an appearance on a building site, wearing a fluorescent safety ja
经济学人:太阳能发电厂 蓝色的钢铁海洋
Solar farms 太阳能发电厂 Blue steel 蓝色的钢铁海洋 British fields adopt a new crop 英国大地上种起了新庄稼 Let's take it to Spain 我们把它搬去西班牙吧 TWO nuclear bombs are among many curious machines which the Scienc
经济学人:德国社会抚恤金 方向错误
Germany's public pensions 德国社会抚恤金 In the wrong direction 方向错误 The government is reversing some of its predecessor's sensible pension reforms 政府正在颠覆之前明智的抚恤金改革政策 AS THE country with the European
经济学人:货币政策 长期低息
Monetary policy 货币政策 A long low note 长期低息 Why interest rates can be expected to stay low for years 为什么可以肯定利率在未来数年都会维持在低位？ CENTRAL bankers have a reputation for snatching away the punch bowl
经济学人:燃气价格 能源产业之争
Gas prices 燃气价格 Fuel on the fire 能源产业之争 Another cheap shot at energy firms misses the mark 又一次对能源企业的失败算计 GIVEN the parlous state of Britain's energy system, it is hard to think that Ed Davey, the energy s
经济学人:法国改革 出租车战争
French reforms 法国改革 Taxi wars 出租车战争 A case study of vested interests trying to fight off new competitors 既得利益者排斥新竞争者的个案分析 PARIS is the only city in the world where it is hard to find a taxi. So in 200
经济学人:疑欧派 狡猾的计划
Eurosceptics 疑欧派 A cunning plan 狡猾的计划 Eurosceptics adopt an old Marxist technique 欧洲怀疑论者采用了古老的马克思主义技术 BRUSSELS-BASHING is never out of season in Britain, but the past few weeks have been unusually
经济学人:黑的士 阶级保护主义
Black cabs 黑的士 Rank protectionism 阶级保护主义 A distorted market is becoming even more intolerable 畸形的市场越发难以忍受 Licensed to bill 授权开账单 ALONG with red letterboxes and telephone booths, London's black taxis a
经济学人:乌克兰的抗议者
Ukraine's protesters 乌克兰的抗议者 Still out there 仍然在那儿 Viktor Yanukovych's government still faces proteststhough smaller ones 维克托亚努科维奇的政府依然面对着抗议活动尽管规模变小了 ANATOLY HRYTSENKO, a l
经济学人:匈牙利的过去 有争议的遗产
Hungary's past 匈牙利的过去 His contentious legacy 有争议的遗产 A wartime leader still divides Hungarians 匈牙利战时领袖依旧掀起大争议 ADMIRAL MIKLOS HORTHY, Hungary's controversial wartime leader and an ally of Hitler, is e
经济学人:政客与媒体 媒体控制
Politicians v newspapers 政客与媒体 Hold the presses 媒体控制 The battle over newspaper regulation rolls into the long grass 新闻法规之战暂被搁置 IT IS not even the beginning of the end, but it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning
经济学人:西班牙经济 最糟的情况即将结束
Spain's economy 西班牙经济 The worst may be over 最糟的情况即将结束 Mariano Rajoy predicts economic joy, but Spain still has a long way to go 马里亚诺拉霍伊预测经济形势可喜，但是西班牙仍然任重道远。 THE Prado
