The Expensive Romance of NYU Tuition rose $18,000 during outgoing president John Sexton's tenure. But who's really to blame for the school's high cost? JAKE FLANAGINAUG 21 2013, 2:37 PM ET http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/08/the-expensive-romance-of-nyu/278904/ ...
Why China's 'Dominance' of Manufacturing Is Misleading Gaudy statistics aside, the country has struggled to do what it needs to do -- move up the value chain. Derek ScissorsAug 8 2013, 11:10 AM ET http://www.theatlantic.com/china/archive/2013/08/why-chinas-dominance-of-manufacturing-is-mislead ...
Why Investors in China Love Detroit's Bankruptcy The country's real-estate speculators are buying 30 cheap properties at a time, sight unseen. GWYNN GUILFORDJUL 26 2013, 11:31 AM ET http://www.theatlantic.com/china/archive/2013/07/why-investors-in-china-love-detroits-bankruptcy/278 ...
(我日志的前一篇对 Huey Long 有简单的介绍,如果大家对他不了解的可以先看一下那篇。 http://www.aswetalk.org/bbs/blog-247-28695.html 这个故事和前一个一样,都是出自 T. Harry Williams 的传记。) 和大多数男孩子不一样, Huey Long 小时候很不喜欢打架,这一 ...
Huey Long 是美国 20 世纪二三十年代非常重要的一位政治人物。他的政治主张属于 populist ,比如均分财富,免费教育,政府养老金计划等等,但是另一方面 Long 对民主原则却很蔑视,对路易斯安那的政治有铁腕般的控制。现在一般认为他是美国式法西斯主义的代表人物。小说和电影 All the King ’s Men 就是以他为原型。 19 ...
Just read an interesting interview ofLaszlo Bock, senior vice president of people operations at Google. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/20/business/in-head-hunting-big-data-may-not-be-such-a-big-deal.html?pagewanted=1_r=2smid=tw-nytimesbusinesspartner=socialflow Excepts: Years a ...
How China Is Making Me Into a Worse Person You think you can shove past me in the line at the airport or at the bank? Think again, buster. JAMES FALLOWS DEC 18 2006, 9:06 AM ET Yes, presence in any foreign environment inevitably “improves” people. They learn about the new country, and their hom ...
刚刚在 Financial Times 的 Book Review 部分 读了一篇很有意思的关于 Occupy Wall Street 几本 书的评论。由于 Financial Times 的网站需要注册, 这里我把文章全文拷过来 。 Talkin’ ’bout a revolution By Martin Sandbu Did the Occupy Wall Street movement waste its m ...
我最早听说Bitcoin还是看电视剧The Good Wife。当时觉得这个想法过于异想天开,并没有当真。没想到Bitcoin市场成为了最近两个星期最重要金融新闻之一。过去几个星期,Bitcoin价格疯狂增长然后泡沫迅速破裂的速度让我惊讶。不知道有没有成交的数据,说不定可以写篇论文。 在网上看到一篇对Bitcoin的简单经济学分析,觉得 ...