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한국기업의 성차별로 이득 챙기는 외국기업-이코노미스트 해설-

Gender arbitrage in South Korea Profiting from sexism If South Korean firms won’t make use of female talent, foreigners will Oct 21st 2010 | Seoul Another joyful day at the office “DO YOU know you have to give everything to become a TV announcer?” These words cost Kang Yong-seok, a member of South Korea’s parliament, his membership of the ruling Grand National Party in July. His insinuation that..

세계경제, 환율전쟁- 이코노미스트 해설

The global economy How to stop a currency war Keep calm, don’t expect quick fixes and above all don’t unleash a trade fight with China Oct 14th 2010 IN RECENT weeks the world economy has been on a war footing, at least rhetorically. Ever since Brazil’s finance minister, Guido Mantega, declared on September 27th that an “international currency war” had broken out, the global economic debate has b..

슈퍼맨! 미국교육을 구해주세요; 이코노미스트 해설

Education in America Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s an important attempt to get the American public behind education reform Sep 30th 2010 *"It's A Bird... It's A Plane... It's Superman" is a musical with music by Charles Strouse and lyrics by Lee Adams, with a book by David Newman and Robert Benton. It is based on the comic book character Superman created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster a..

페이스북 그리고 자유: 이코노미스트 해설

Facebook and freedom Sep 29th 2010, 19:41 by M.S. MY COLLEAGUE disagrees with Malcolm Gladwell's argument that electronic social networking doesn't do much to empower oppositional political movements. "On social networks," my colleague writes, 내 동료는 전자 소셜 네트워킹이 정치적 저항운동에 그다지 큰 역할을 하지 않는다는 말콤 글래드웰의 주장에 동의하지 않는다. “소셜 네트워크에 관해서”, 네 동료는 이렇게 쓴다. anyone and everyone becomes a producer of content, and ..

우주의 이해-창조의 순서: 이코노미스트 해설

Understanding the universe Order of creation Even Stephen Hawking doesn't quite manage to explain why we are here Sep 9th 2010 Here comes the sun IN 1988, Stephen Hawking, a British cosmologist, ended his best-selling book, “A Brief History of Time”, on a cliff hanger. If we find a physical theory that explains everything, he wrote—suggesting that this happy day was not too far off—“then we woul..

시민권과 출산관광: 이코노미스트 해설

Citizenship and birth tourism Amending the amendment A challenge to an American birthright Aug 19th 2010 Born in the USA PROMINENT Republicans have begun questioning America’s hallowed principle of birthright citizenship. The policy, established after the civil war by the 14th amendment to the constitution, is seen as one of the party’s greatest feats. Yet in July Lindsey Graham, a moderate Repu..

유학생 유치로 분주한 영국의 대학: 이코노미스트 해설

Britain's universities and foreign students Hustling spires A psychological leap is needed—both in British academia and in Westminster Aug 5th 2010 *Hustling spires ; The City Of Dreaming Spires 꿈꾸는 첨탑의 도시(영국의 옥스포드를 상징)에서 dreaming spires를 hustling spires로 바꿔 표현한 것임. EMO OF FRIESLAND was Oxford’s first recorded foreign student, and since 1190 they have kept pouring in. Both sides have benefited: ..

왔노라, 싸웠노라, 이라크에서 철수 하노라: 이코노미스트 해설

I came, I saw, I withdrew from Iraq Aug 2nd 2010, 16:42 by Lexington IN A big speech today Barack Obama said that American combat operations in Iraq will end as promised at the end of this month, by when he will have brought home more than 90,000 troops since taking office. This is not likely to do the Democrats much good in the mid-term elections, since the war in Afghanistan has meantime grown..

그 모든 미국의 위대함은 어디로 갔는가? ; 이코노미스트 해설

Lexington Where has all the greatness gone? Some Americans want to feel exceptional again. Better not to talk about it Jul 15th 2010 THIS column wishes respectfully to propose a temporary ban on references in political debate to both American greatness and American exceptionalism. This is not because Lexington denies that America is great and exceptional. It is. The case for the ban is that both..

영국 연립정부가 좋아하는 표현에는 무엇이 잘못되었는가?; 이코노미스트 해석

Bad language Against fairness What’s wrong with the British coalition government’s favourite word Jul 1st 2010 HOW could anybody dislike the notion of fairness? Everything is better when it is fair: a share, a fight, a maiden, a game and (for those who think blondes have more fun) hair. Even defeat sounds more attractive when it is fair and square. 누구라도 ‘fairness’란 개념을 어떻게 싫어할 수 있을까? ‘Fair’ 하면 모..