Who owns what? 谁拥有什么? Enforceable property rights are still far too rare in poor countries 可强制执行的财产权在穷国仍然太少了 2020年9月12日| TWENTY YEARS ago a Peruvian economist made a startling observation. People in poor countries are not as poor as they seem. They have assets—lo...
问题的答案取决于回答者的身份如果华特·迪士尼仍在世,看到自己的招牌角色米老鼠在一部新电影里成了一个在老旧游乐场里追杀青少年的杀人犯,他肯定会感到非常失望。这部名为《米奇捕鼠器》的电影在今年1月1日释出了预告片,这正是1928年首次推出米老鼠形象的动画片《汽船威利》创作版权到期的日子。这一初代米老鼠形...
Who owns the knowledge economy?Comments on United States patent policies, in light of the April 2000 conviction of Microsoft Corporation on antitrust charges. Internet susceptibility to monopoly; Patents issued in 1999; Criteria and defense of the system; Recommendations....
As the world's superpowers and corporations jostle for control in space, A. C. Grayling asks: who really owns our planet? 当世界上的超级大国和企业争夺太空控制权时,A. C. Grayling问道:谁真正拥有我们的星球? Silicon for microchips; manganese for batteries; titanium for missiles. The moon conta...
Who owns the robots? The effects of automation and digital technology on today’s employment picture are sometimes downplayed by those who point to earlier technology transitions. But that ignores the suffering and upheaval during those periods. Wages in England were stagnant or fell for around 40...
#嫦娥五号探月任务# 经济学人精选视频:Who owns the moon?【转发】@经济学人智库TheEIU:在#人类登月50周年# 后,重回月球成为新潮流。为进行科研、探索月球上的可利用资源、甚至开发旅游业,各个国家和公司正在...
philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong are more powerful than is commonly understood. Indeed, the world is ruled by little else. Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influences, are usually slaves of some defunct economist.” ...
Talking of your home, that too has a history, methodically detailed and cross-referenced, all searchable with the right permissions or even just knowing where to look. Who owns the house, how much you paid for it, what price it was on the market for, and how much is left on the mortg...
That jibes with the research of economist Thomas Piketty, the author of "Capital in the Twenty-First Century," which found that the rate of return on capital has outpaced the rate of economic growth. When that happens over an extended period of time, the wealthy can see their riches accum...
"This was an exceptional transfer of wealth," says Philip Gradwell, Chainalysis' chief economist, who dubs the past six months as bitcoin's "liquidity event". Mr. Gradwell argues that this sudden injection of liquidity — the amount of bitcoin available for trading rose by close to 60 per...