Richard Haass
explains what caused the Ukraine war, urges the West to scrutinize its economic dependence on China, proposes ways to reverse the dangerous deterioration of democracy in America, and more.
If the US Federal Reserve raises its policy interest rate by as much as is necessary to rein in inflation, it will most likely further depress the market value of the long-duration securities parked on many banks' balance sheets. So be it.
thinks central banks can achieve both, despite the occurrence of a liquidity crisis amid high inflation.
The half-century since the official demise of the Bretton Woods system of fixed exchange rates has shown the benefits of what replaced it. While some may feel nostalgic for the postwar monetary system, its collapse was inevitable, and what looked like failure has given rise to a remarkably resilient regime.
explains why the shift toward exchange-rate flexibility after 1973 was not a policy failure, as many believed.
发自巴黎——按照目前的进展速度,要在工作中实现性别平等和女性赋权还得等上200多年。在许多国家女孩低龄结婚现象依然普遍,也因此限制了她们接受教育以及未来就业的机会。比如尼日尔2016年的数据就显示15~19岁年龄段的女孩中有76%已经成婚,也部分解释了为何73%的初中阶段女孩会失学。童工现象也很普遍,世界上几乎有1/3的女性认为挨打在某些情况下——比如把饭做糊了——是合理的惩罚。
当人们认为打老婆比做坏晚餐更容易接受时,这又算是一种什么人类价值观呢?
然而依然有一些法律框架会推崇这些价值观。目前有十个国家仍然允许婚内强奸,另有九个国家允许强奸犯通过与受害者结婚来躲避惩罚。而对于更多的女性来说,这种价值观塑造了那些剥夺她们机会的社会安排。在世界各地,带薪产假,儿童保育设施或家庭适宜型就业政策的缺乏令妇女无法参与到正式经济中去。即使女性确实走入了职业生涯,她们也依然要承担3/4的家庭责任。
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