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[国际新闻精读视频] Day210 中美双输贸易战(3)
The demand that China cut its trade surplus by $100bn is, in a technical sense, risible. As Mei Xinyu, a researcher in a Chinese commerce-ministry think-tank,2019-01-11 编辑：ethan
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[国际新闻精读视频] Day211 中美双输贸易战(4)
But if America imposes stiff penalties in the intellectual-property case—along with stinging tariffs, it might also place new restrictions on Chinese investment2019-01-11 编辑：ethan
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[国际新闻精读视频] Day212 超越比特币(1)
《经济学人》精读视频课程 第5期:超越比特币(1)2019-01-11 编辑：ethan
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[国际新闻精读视频] Day213 超越比特币(2)
First on the list, after bitcoin, was Ethereum, whose coin, called ether, reached a market capitalisation of $137bn. Ethereum’s claim to fame is that it is also a platform for2019-01-11 编辑：ethan
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[国际新闻精读视频] Day214 超越比特币(3)
Less well-known coins have also taken wing. Monero ($6bn) and Zcash ($2bn) focus on privacy. Stellar ($9.8bn) has developed a system to2019-01-11 编辑：ethan
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[国际新闻精读视频] Day215 Spotify"直接"上市纽交所(1)
FOR seasoned bankers and starry-eyed entrepreneurs alike, doing an IPO, or initial public offering, is synonymous with the very idea of taking a firm public.2019-01-11 编辑：ethan
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[国际新闻精读视频] Day216 Spotify"直接"上市纽交所(2)
An IPO contains many elements: investment banks drum up investor interest through a roadshow, sign up new investors, set a target price,2019-01-11 编辑：ethan
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[国际新闻精读视频] Day217 Spotify"直接"上市纽交所(3)
Why would Spotify go for the direct option? The savings on underwriting fees are not trivial. Perhaps more important is that without the 3-6 month lockup period typically seen in IPOs2019-01-11 编辑：ethan
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[国际新闻精读视频] Day219 中美科技大对决(2)
China’s tech leaders love visiting California, and invest there, but are no longer awed by it. By market value the Middle Kingdom’s giants,2019-01-11 编辑：ethan
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[国际新闻精读视频] Day220 中美科技大对决(3)
Being a global tech hegemon has been lucrative for America. Tech firms support 7m jobs at home that pay twice the average wage. Other industries benefit by using technology more actively2019-01-11 编辑：ethan
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[国际新闻精读视频] Day221 中美科技大对决(4)
Start with Chinese tech’s weak spots. Its total market value is only 32% of the figure for America’s industry. While there are two huge companies and lots of small ones,2019-01-11 编辑：ethan
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[国际新闻精读视频] Day222 中美科技大对决(5)
At the present pace China’s tech industry will be at parity with America’s in 10-15 years. This will boost the country’s productivity and create tech jobs.2019-01-11 编辑：ethan
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[国际新闻精读视频] Day223 基因测试(1)
IF A genetic test could tell whether you are at increased risk of getting cancer or Alzheimer’s, would you take it? As such tests become more accessible, more and more people are saying “yes”. The i..2019-01-11 编辑：ethan
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[国际新闻精读视频] Day224 基因测试(2)
Unlike diagnostic genetic tests, predictive ones are conducted on people without symptoms. The best-known example was provided by Angelina Jolie,2019-01-11 编辑：ethan
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[国际新闻精读视频] Day225 基因测试(3)
Asymmetry of information—when the customer knows more than the insurer—is the industry’s nightmare. If predictive tests further improve and become more common while2019-01-11 编辑：ethan
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[国际新闻精读视频] Day226 基因测试(4)
So regulations today often protect consumers from the mandatory disclosure of predictive tests. But the rules are patchy. In Britain the industry has agreed2019-01-11 编辑：ethan
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[国际新闻精读视频] Day227 医疗旅游(1)
IN THE tiny Croatian town of Zabok patients arrive in their thousands each year from across Europe and the Middle East, seeking replacement hips or knees at2019-01-11 编辑：ethan
