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Caring Capitalism¹ 27 May 14

Tue, 27 May 14

The search for a fairer form of global capitalism came to London on Tuesday with the Conference on Inclusive Capitalism. Speakers included HRH The Prince of Wales, former US president, Bill Clinton and head of the IMF, Christine Lagarde. Indeed, the more than 250 delegates represented a third of the world's investment dollars. But how far did they get in solving the growing problem of income inequality, which by some measures is worse now, than it was 100 years ago? Plus, the global mining giant, Rio Tinto, strikes a deal to exploit a vast iron ore deposit in the west African state of Guinea. And, after donning Google Glass for six weeks, our correspondent, Rory Cellan-Jones gives us his verdict on this particular piece of wearable technology.

1 capitalism   

n.资本主义

参考例句：

• The essence of his argument is that capitalism cannot succeed.他的论点的核心是资本主义不能成功。
• Capitalism began to develop in Russia in the 19th century.十九世纪资本主义在俄国开始发展。