人生哲学

说话是最容易的事，也是最难的事。最容易，因为三岁弦子也会说话；最难，因为擅长辞令的外交家也有说错话的时候。     

美国法院体系的运作方式

美国宪法创建了联邦制。在这种体制下,联邦政府的权力受到限制。联邦政府之外的权力被赋予了各州。这种权力分立的模式决定了联邦法院和州法院之间的关系。托尼M．费恩——纽约大学法学院全球法学院电视节目的副导演——概述了美国法院的分级,向我们解释了美国法院体系的运作方式。     

WTO对中国金融业的影响

1月18日上午，在《扬子晚报》与南大商学院联合举办的“WTO与生活”全英语讲演会上，美国著名金融分析家Richard B．Davis夫妇、赵曙明教授、刘厚俊教授以及冯云霞副教授等作了精彩演讲。现将首篇Richard B．Davis讲演稿中文译文摘登于后，以飨读者。     

责任制造结果

在全球管理思潮向传统回归的背景下，那些曾经时髦的管理理论正在走向衰落，人们更加关注那些能够产生可持续、可信赖的结果的传统哲学。那么，这些哲学到底是什么呢?     

菲律宾的贸易政策：走审慎之路（上）

菲律宾一直积极支持世贸组织和发展中国家的利益,尽管它全心全意致力于实现东盟的经济一体化。上世纪80年代中期以来,它实行了重大的贸易改革,旨在放宽贸易限制和开放经济(诸如农业和一些制造业等敏感部门除外)。菲律宾还积极支持东盟自由贸易区(AFTA),并基本上履行了其对于削减关税的承诺。虽然菲律宾政府最初对东盟自由贸易区以外的双边自由贸易协定感到担心,但现在它越来越认识到,这些东盟外部的贸易协定是切实可行的,因为国际市场上的竞争日益激烈。菲律宾政府具有民粹主义的性质并通过机构间的途径来进行决策,这使其决策过程一直缓慢而小心翼翼。贸易更加自由化的前景在很大程度上取决于菲律宾能否战胜其经济当前所面临的挑战。     

欲望的平衡

领导者在某一方面的欲望很强烈，往往要远远超过一般人的水平；对某一个或几个特定目标的强烈渴望，是领导者前进的巨大动力。     

The world population situation

Population experts appear to be reaching a consensus that there has been a perceptible decline over the last decade in the growth of the world's population. The decline is accounted for by the "new demographic transition" in the less developed countries (LDCs). The decline in fertility rates began in the 1950s in some LDCs and became more widespread during the 1970s. The process has not yet begun in many of the LDCs. During the 1960s it was observed that the declines in birth rates (to levels of 30 of less per 1000) were occurring mostly in small countries. Many of these countries were islands with levels of social and economic development above the developing country average. The key question is whether the recent downward trend in fertility in LDCs will continue, stabilize at the current level, or rise again. A primary concern about the future is that the poorer and less developed countries will end up with an increasing share of the world's population, with the share of the developed countries declining from 34% to 22% over the 1950-2000 period. Considerable differential exists in demographic growth patterns among various regions. The 12 largest LDCs (China, India, Indonesia, Brazil, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nigeria, Mexico, Vietnam, Philippines, Thailand, Turkey) contain 55% of the current world population, and the fertility decline of these nations is expected to have the maximum impact. 7 of these countries have had fertility declines of 14-35%. The force of the "population momentum" must also be considered. Most developing country populations have a young age distribution with considerable potential for population growth even after the fertility level reaches a replacement level and the net reproduction rate equals 1.