By 謝忠理 on Friday, 14 April 2023
Category: 經濟學人

高高在上：美國經濟的驚人成就—《經濟學人》懶人包 No. 9342 (2023/04/15)

美國朝野都在焦慮經濟要崩潰了。這種焦慮掩蓋了一個驚人的成功事實—長期但不被重視的經濟卓越表現。

美國仍然是世界上最富有、最具生產力和最具創新性的大經濟體。根據許多令人印象深刻的措施，它正在將其他國家進一步甩在身後。

對於整個世界來說，美國的表現說明了經濟成長的重要成因：龐大的消費市場、深厚的資本市場、優良與大量的勞動力、經濟活動的彈性與活力。

中國的崛起和應對氣候變化的需要都使美國面臨新的挑戰。因此，美國更有理由記住是什麼推動了美國長期成功的發展。

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  • 一周大事

    The world this week

  • 政治

    Politics

    U.S. President Joe Biden takes a selfie with students follwing the 25th anniversary of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement, at Ulster University, Belfast, Northern Ireland April 12, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

    一周政治大事回顧。

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  • 商業

    Business

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    一周經濟大事摘要。

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  • 社論

    Leaders

  • 社論

    Riding high

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  • 社論

    Non-alignment

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  • 社論

    Europe, China and America

    馬克宏在臺灣問題上的失誤：法國領導人使目前危險的局面變得更糟。

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  • 社論

    Addiction

    俄勒岡州搞砸了毒品的除罪化。

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  • 社論

    Big science

    人類基因組計畫改變了生物學發展。然而，要使基因組學成為日常醫學的一部分，艱鉅的工作仍在前面。

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  • 投書

    Letters

  • 投書

    Letters

    關於中國和烏克蘭，喬治．歐威爾，科學和宗教，視頻遊戲，「芭比」，與身高等寫給編輯的信件精選。

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  • 邀稿

    By Invitation

  • 邀稿

    Russia and Ukraine

    東尼．布萊爾的前辦公廳主任喬納森．鮑威爾談在烏克蘭建立和平的準備工作，他認為從耶穌受難日協定中得到的教訓可以幫助實現和平。

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  • 邀稿

    The Pentagon leaks

    間諜術學者湯瑪斯．里德說，情報洩露既是機會也是威脅，私營部門從安全性漏洞中可以學到很多東西。

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  • 簡報

    Briefing

  • 簡報

    From strength to strength

    美國的經濟表現令人歎為觀止，但該國仍可能削弱其自身的成功。

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  • 美國

    United States

  • 美國

    The slides that came in from the cold

    洩漏的檔是美國十年來最嚴重的情報洩露事件之一，機密材料涉及烏克蘭的軍隊和中央情報局的報告。

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  • 美國

    The Oregon experiment

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    俄勒岡州的毒品除罪化起頭並不順利，該州是美國第一個嘗試這種做法的州，其經驗將為其他州提供借鑒。

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  • 美國

    Perverse political maths

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    為什麼蒂姆．斯科特是共和黨提名的一個大熱門？他的黨內幾乎沒有人對這位南卡羅來納州的參議員說過一句壞話。

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  • 美國

    Mifepristone muddle

    Lindsay London holds protest sign in front of federal court building in support of access to abortion medication outside the Federal Courthouse on Wednesday, March 15, 2023 in Amarillo, Texas. A conservative federal judge heard arguments Wednesday from a Christian group seeking to overturn the Food and Drug Administration’s more than 2-decade-old approval of an abortion medication, in a case that could threaten the most common form of abortion in the U.S. (AP Photo/David Erickson)

    美國的福利計畫正在迅速接近破產狀態。

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  • 美國

    Third-rail thriller

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    德克薩斯州的一名聯邦法官裁定反對一種流行的墮胎藥物，最高法院決戰的舞臺已經搭建好了。

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  • 美國

    Lexington

    克拉倫斯．湯瑪斯的最新醜聞所引發的真正問題：如果真有問題的話，最高法院的其他法官應遵循什麼道德規則？

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  • 美洲

    The Americas

  • 美洲

    Back in the big league

    巴西的外交政策過度活躍，雄心勃勃，而且天真無邪：魯拉總統帶著關於烏克蘭問題的「和平俱樂部」的宏偉計畫前往北京。

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  • 美洲

    Losing its sheen

    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Alejandro Prieto/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock (13790375c)The president of Uruguay Luis Lacalle Pou (C) arrives to the Legislative Palace to make a speech in front of the General Assembly, after marking a new anniversary of his assumption as head of state, in Montevideo, Uruguay, 02 March 2023.Uruguay President Lacalle Pou speech to the Parliament, Montevideo - 02 Mar 2023

    烏拉圭正在失去其作為拉美成功故事的聲譽。犯罪和腐敗醜聞損害了保守派總統路易士．拉卡列．普的利益。

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  • 美洲

    Total chaos

    Colombian soldiers guard a road during a mining strike in Taraza Municipality, Cauca department, Colombia on March 21, 2023. - Colombian President Gustavo Petro ordered, on March 19, 2023, the resumption of offensive actions against the Clan del Golfo, Colombia's largest drug gang, for attacks on civilians and the security forces, which led him to suspend the ceasefire. The government said the group had been supporting attacks by illegal gold miners since March 2 in the country's northwestern Antioquia department. Workers in illegal mines have been protesting the government's destruction of the heavy machinery they use to dredge up soil to find gold. (Photo by Raul ARBOLEDA / AFP) (Photo by RAUL ARBOLEDA/AFP via Getty Images)

    在哥倫比亞實現「全面和平」的雄心勃勃的計畫正搖搖欲墜，古斯塔沃．佩特羅總統的中央政策看起來比以往任何時候都更加動盪不安。

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  • 亞洲

    Asia

  • 亞洲

    Putting the Indo into Indo-Pacific

    美國和中國之間的競爭已蔓延到印度洋，世界上最強大的海軍正湧向一個長期被忽視的海洋區域。

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  • 亞洲

    Boba life

    中國泡沫茶連鎖店在東南亞走紅。

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  • 亞洲

    Kishida in the clear

    Fumio Kishida, Japan's prime minister, speaks during the National Defense Academy's graduation ceremony in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, on Sunday, March 26, 2023. Japan is hiking its defense spending by more than a quarter in 2023 to ¥6.82 trillion ($51.4 billion) as it begins a five-year program to toughen its security posture amid rising threats from China, North Korea and Russia. Photographer: Toru Hanai/Bloomberg via Getty Images

    日本首相已從困境中掙脫出來，執政黨在地方選舉中的勝利將有助於平息對岸田文雄控制權的疑慮。

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  • 亞洲

    Banyan

    納倫德拉．莫迪正在改寫印度歷史，這位總理正在改造他的國家的過去以控制其未來。

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  • 中國

    China

  • 中國

    Knives out

    共產黨員必須學習習近平思想，而教育運動對官僚們來說並沒有什麼樂趣。

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  • 中國

    What passes for justice

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    中國政府重判兩位著名人權律師。

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  • 中國

    Moderate exercises

    In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a Chinese fighter jet pilot from the Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) takes part in combat readiness patrol and military exercises around the Taiwan Island on Sunday, April 9, 2023. China's military declared Monday it is

    如何看待中國在臺灣周邊的軍事演習？

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  • 中東非洲

    Middle East & Africa

  • 中東非洲

    Israel and the Palestinians

    巴勒斯坦權力機構正在被激進的好戰分子的光芒所掩蓋，但令人驚訝的是，大多數巴勒斯坦人都相當高興。

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  • 中東非洲

    Of militants and money-changers

    In this picture taken on February 6, 2023, Egyptian army soldiers wait by a cafe along a highway in the Dahshur area southwest of Cairo. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

    埃及軍隊似乎既想賺錢，又想打仗。即使在它努力對西奈半島進行控制的同時，它也奪取了大部分的經濟。

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  • 中東非洲

    Missing people

    Nord-Est du Nigéria. Cet homme de 45 ans a été séparé de sa femme et de ses enfants quand son village, situé dans la région de Mubi, a été attaqué en octobre 2017. Il ne perd pas espoir de les retrouver un jour. North-Eastern Nigeria. This 45-year-old man was separated from his wife and children in October 2017 when his village, located in Mubi region, was attacked. He strongly believes that he will see them one day.Site web du CICR, galerie photo, 12.03.2020.

    成千上萬的非洲人在衝突中失蹤了，而紅十字會努力尋找他們。

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  • 中東非洲

    All right for some

    Aerial overhead township and wealthy suburb in South Africa

    為什麼非洲是世界上最不平等的大陸之一？各國的收入不平等情況差異很大。

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  • 歐洲

    Europe

  • 歐洲

    A changing continent

    處於歐洲中心的女人：歐盟執委會主席烏蘇拉．馮德萊恩向我們談及俄羅斯、中國及其他問題。

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  • 歐洲

    The ground beneath his feet

    GAZIANTEP, TURKIYE - MARCH 06: An aerial view of the heavy duty machines working on debris of damaged buildings after 7.7 and 7.6 magnitude earthquakes hit multiple provinces of Turkiye including Gaziantep on March 06, 2023. 950 of 1224 damaged buildings were demolished in Nurdagi and Islahiye districts of Gaziantep, which were affected by earthquakes. On Feb. 06, a strong 7.7 earthquake, centered in the Pazarcik district, jolted Kahramanmaras and strongly shook several provinces, including Gaziantep, Sanliurfa, Diyarbakir, Adana, Adiyaman, Malatya, Osmaniye, Hatay, Kilis, and Elazig. Later, at 1.24 p.m. (1024GMT), a 7.6 magnitude quake centered in Kahramanmaras' Elbistan district struck the region. (Photo by Firat Ozdemir/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

    土耳其地震的恢復將需要數年時間，但總統埃爾多安的時間已經不多了。

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  • 歐洲

    Not waterproof

    Empty boat on cracked mud exposed by low water levels in the Sau reservoir following a drought, in Vilanova de Sau, Spain, on Monday, April 3, 2023. Villages in Spains northeast region of Catalonia are bracing for water restrictions as supplies from a key source have reached a historic low. Photographer: Angel Garcia/Bloomberg via Getty Images

    冬天的乾旱籠罩著南歐。俄羅斯切斷其天然氣後，歐洲最新的短缺是水。

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  • 歐洲

    Charlemagne

    歐洲是如何來改善空氣品質的？大多數生活在城市的歐洲人仍在呼吸污濁的空氣。

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  • 英國

    Britain

  • 英國

    Tax brakes

    英國的稅收數字越來越大，但品質並沒有得到改善。從增值稅到所得稅，扭曲和複雜的情況層出不窮。

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  • 英國

    Talk talk

    JH40TK Chairs set up for Channel Therapy session, group therapy session, informal group sit in a circle and respond in turn

    英國的私人心理治療正在蓬勃發展，而且基本上不受監管。更嚴格的監管是否有意義？

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  • 英國

    Vertical limits

    View looking to high rise apartment buildings under construction from Thessaly Road at Nine Elms, which is part of the Patmore Estate in Battersea on 23rd July 2022 in London, United Kingdom. Nine Elms is an area under great transformation and redevelopment, with huge levels of high rise tower blocks under construction. The areas modern developments include stylish apartment buildings and the new U.S. Embassy. The area was formerly mainly industrial but is now becoming residential and commercial in character. (photo by Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images)

    高樓層建築能解決倫敦的住房問題嗎？從成本、通勤和文化來看，最好是不要。

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  • 英國

    Weight of history

    無畏的維多利亞時代的測量員是如何繪製英國的長度和寬度的？今天的鄉村健行者要對早期英國國土測量局拖著經緯儀負責制圖的人員深表感激。

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  • 英國

    Bagehot

    里希．蘇納克是個非常保守的技術官僚，這位首相解決問題的專長是為政治目的服務。

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  • 國際

    International

  • 國際

    The new non-aligned

    如何在超級大國分裂中生存？我們來分析那些不想選邊站的狡猾國家。

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  • 商業

    Business

  • 商業

    Welcome to the green swamp

    美國 8000 億美元的氣候開支正在養活一個新的遊說生態系統，一批新的顧問正在幫助企業的申請者獲得他們的份額。

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  • 商業

    Nickel and dimes

    A worker uses the tapping process to separate nickel ore from other elements at a nickel processing plant in Sorowako, South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia March 1, 2012. REUTERS/Yusuf Ahmad/File - S1AEUACOBZAA

    印尼的鎳業繁榮考驗著西方人的環保意識。為電動汽車製造電池需要在環境和地緣政治方面做出權衡。

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  • 商業

    ByteDance the night away

    A woman speaks on her phone near the logo for Douyin in Beijing on Wednesday, March 31, 2021. China's internet watchdog said Friday, May 21, 2021 it had found Bytedance's Douyin, Microsoft Bing, LinkedIn and 102 other apps were engaged in improper collection and use of data and ordered them to fix the problem. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

    TikTok 的中國母公司字節跳動營利創紀錄，等到這個西方最受歡迎的短視頻應用程序 TikTok 開始賺錢的時候，那將更不可一世。

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  • 商業

    Yes, they can (and box, and package)

    Blanca Lopez shops with her children Mariana, 4, Eric, 2, and Itza, 1, inside the new Aldi store at in Tyler, Texas on Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018. The Tyler store is part of the $3.4 billion ALDI investment to expand to 2,500 stores nationwide by the end of 2022. (Sarah A. Miller/Tyler Morning Telegraph via AP)

    通貨膨脹尚未削弱大型食品公司的收益，美國包裝食品巨頭的營收飽滿。

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  • 商業

    To build or to buy?

    Train cars are loaded with coal at a Teck Resources Elkview Operations steelmaking coal mine in the Elk Valley near Sparwood, British Columbia, Canada, on Tuesday, April 26, 2022. Teck Resources reported first quarter earnings of $1.57 billion, up from $305 million as demand for its copper, zinc and steelmaking coal surged, The Toronto Star reports. Photographer: James MacDonald/Bloomberg via Getty Images

    Glencore 和 Teck 之間的拉鋸戰：一言以蔽之，這就是採礦業的困境。

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  • 商業

    Bartleby

    如何在 Zoom 上成為超級巨星？

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  • 商業

    Schumpeter

    三星應警惕類似英特爾的自滿情緒，在記憶體晶片市場的頂端，它過得太舒適了。

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  • 財經

    Finance & economics

  • 財經

    Sovereign-stealth funds

    歡迎進入石油美元權力的新時代：數以千億計的石油財富都花在了什麼地方？

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  • 財經

    28 years later

    2JGN78N Tokyo, Japan. 11th July, 2022. Office worker dressed in a white shirt walks past a Karaoke parlor in central Tokyo. (Credit Image: © Stanislav Kogiku/SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire)

    經過幾十年的停滯不前，日本的工資終於開始上漲了。但幅度還不足以讓日本銀行滿意。

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  • 財經

    Grievance culture

    First-year student Adeline Harrell's backpack is covered in buttons with messages as it sits at her feet during class, at New College of Florida, Thursday, March 2, 2023, in Sarasota, Fla. The academic freedom that allows students to design individualized majors is mirrored by a student body that feels free to express itself, say students and faculty, who describe New College as a haven for brainy kids who are high-achieving and intellectually curious. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

    覺醒的思想在哪裡開始傳播？一篇新的論文表明，這種現象可能是全球性的，而不只是美國。

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  • 財經

    The big squeeze

    NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 16: People walk past the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on March 16, 2023 in New York City. Stocks fell again in morning trading as investors continue to show concerns over the stability of global banks following the collapse last week of Silicon Valley Bank. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

    矽谷銀行倒閉帶來的影響：借款人的生活越來越艱難。痛苦將體現在哪裡？

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  • 財經

    High-stake cards

    BRD5MC Nevada, Las Vegas, Main Street Station casino interior, gaming tables, blackjack

    美國的存款保險博弈制度。

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  • 財經

    Buttonwood

    投資者和安全專家生活在不同的世界裡：奢侈品股票對新的冷戰有何啟示？

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  • 財經

    Free exchange

    國家如何能控制銀行系統？技術和監管正在使政府在金融方面的作用明確化。

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  • 科技

    Science & technology

  • 科技

    The Human Genome Project

    人類基因組計畫如何徹底改變生物學？20 年過去了，這個領域已經發生了難以想像的變化。

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  • 文化

    Culture

  • 文化

    Walking on water

    孟加拉的沿河村莊正受益於巧妙的設計：建築創新和改造有助於為易受洪水影響的土地帶來永續發展。

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  • 文化

    Bugs in the system

    643501 Cardinal Chigi visiting plague victims, Italy, 18th century; (add.info.: Cardinal Chigi visiting plague victims. Italy, 18th century.); G. Dagli Orti /© NPL - DeA Picture Library.Please note: This photograph requires additional permission prior to use. If you wish to reproduce this image, please contact Bridgeman Images and we will manage the permission request on your behalf.

    細菌和病毒在世界歷史中的作用。

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  • 文化

    Home Entertainment

    HTMCEG SARAH BERNHARDT (1844-1923) French actress as Cleopatra in an 1891 stage production of Victorien Sardou's play

    莎拉．伯恩哈特是第一位現代名人：這位 100 年前去世的女演員是一位宣傳大師。

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  • 文化

    Horror on the high seas

    Vintage engraving showing a scene from Wreak of HMS Wager. The wreck of the Wager became famous for the subsequent adventures of the survivors who found themselves marooned on a desolate island in the middle of a Patagonian winter, and in particular because of the Wager Mutiny that followed.

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    Common denominators

    Illustration by Sir John Tenniel, watercolour by Gertrude Thomson The Nursery Alice (Alice in Wonderland), by Lewis Carroll London, MacMilllan, 1889. Mad Hatter's tea party. (Photo by: Photo12/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

    關注數字可以洞悉書籍的意義。

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  • 文化

    Johnson

    墨西哥一本新的語言教科書引起了一場騷動，爭議的核心是一個與非標準形式的語法有關的字母。

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  • 圖說

    Graphic detail

  • 圖說

    Food and climate change

    衡量食品氣候影響的不同方法：介紹《經濟學人》的香蕉指數。

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  • 釋義

    The Economist explains

  • 釋義

    The Economist explains

    為什麼這麼多俄羅斯坦克成為烏克蘭地雷的犧牲品？在正確的協助下，坦克應該能夠穿越雷區。

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  • 釋義

    The Economist explains

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    如何衡量貧困？計算貧困人口是緩解其困境的第一步。

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  • 訃告

    Obituary

  • 訃告

    Germany’s conscience

    特勞特．拉弗倫茨告訴我們，對納粹的抵抗是可行的。這位白玫瑰集團的最後一名成員於 3 月 6 日去世，享年 103 歲。

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