经济学人

Managers are better equipped than ever to make good decisions. They are more aware that human judgment is fallible. They have oodles of data about their customers and products. They can use artificial intelligence (AI) to analyse, summarise and synthes

He inspired neither love nor fear, nor even respect…He originated nothing, he could keep the routine going—that\'s all." As a description of your typical middle manager, it is hard to surpass Marlow\'s view of the boss at a river port in Joseph Conrad\'

When Prince sang "Tonight, I\'m gonna party like it\'s 1999" on his 1982 hit "1999", he was describing a party during a turn-of-the-millennium apocalypse. He could have been singing about the music industry. In 1999, according to the International Federa

In "Permutation city", a novel by Greg Egan, the character Peer, having achieved immortality within a virtual reality over which he has total control, finds himself terribly bored. So he engineers himself to have new passions. One moment he is pushing

The Economist: Why America can’t escape inflation worriesSome hikers believe that the last mile is the hardest: all the blisters and accumulated aches slow progress at the very end. Others swear that it is the easiest because the finishing line is in

今年年初，改编自金宇澄同名小说的电视剧《繁花》一经播出迅速走红，成为社交媒体上的热议话题。以阿宝、汪明珠为代表的小人物紧抓时代机遇、一展个人才华，逐步改变命运并实现个人成长的曲折故事牵动着观众的心弦。而随着《繁花》的热播，人们对上海的城市地理及人文历史

在国际地缘政治变化、股神巴菲特加持以及自身经济复苏等刺激下、日本股市正火热的“一塌糊涂”，今日收盘日本股市又一次刷新了33年来历史新高，日经225自1990年7月以来首次突破32000点。Saito Mari, a 28-year-old nurse, was frustrated.28岁的护士Saito Mari感到沮丧。Her pay, at just ?160,000 ($1

Canary wharf is reinventing itself.金丝雀码头正在重塑。When it was London\'s new financial hub in the 1990s, bankers and lawyers filled its glass towers.20世纪90年代，当它成为伦敦新的金融中心时，银行家和律师挤满了它的玻璃塔。Now that Londoners are not c

Kishiki Noriyo pulls up outside a house in Akashi, a city in western Japan, in a truck emblazoned with a heart logo and the slogan: "Diaper delivery:岸木野利洋开着一辆印有心形标志和口号“送尿布：我们也送善意”的卡车，停在日本西部城市明石市的一座房子外

Most evenings at COP28, the latest instalment of the annual United Nations climate conference, delegates were treated to a dazzling light show.在联合国年度气候大会的最新一期——COP28上，大多数晚上，代表们都能看到一场令人眼花缭乱的灯光秀。It transformed

据英国金融时报：英国首相苏纳克将把英国是否应该重新加入欧盟的“地平线”(Horizon)科学计划的决定推迟到夏季假期之后，该计划总规模为955亿欧元Rishi sunak claims to want to promote British science and research.里希·苏纳克声称想要促进英国的科学和研究。The pri

A new type of drug is generating excitement among the rich and the beautiful.有钱人和爱美人士正对一种新型药品感到兴奋。Just a jab a week, and the weight falls off.只需每周打一针，体重就会减轻。Elon Musk swears by it; influencers sing its praises on Tik

Hype and absurdity go together.炒作和荒谬是相伴而生的。As excitement about the next big thing builds, people fall over themselves to get on board.随着人们对下一个大事件的热情与日俱增，人们会争先恐后地挤进讨论圈子。A year and a half ago, the metaverse w

全民宅家抗疫，学生宅在家学习。图源：新华社他们的父母宅在家监督他们学习，并且还要远程办公。Telecommute(家庭办公：通过电话、电子邮件等与办公室、顾客等进行联系)这个词最早出现在1972年的《经济学人》杂志上。它组合了来自于希腊

经济小常识再度来袭~The relationship between inflation and unemployment was first studied by Irving Fisher in 1926.1926年，通胀与失业之间的关系在欧文费雪(Irving Fisher)那里得到了第一次研究。But the Phillips curve, as it c