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1、项目: 专硕英语二、 管理类联考 班型: 真题密训营考前 30 天集训营私塾必过营t m项目: 专硕英语二、 管理类联考 班型: 真题密训营考前 30 天集训营私塾必过营t m一When the government talks about infrastructure contributing to the economy the focus is usually roads,railways,broadbandandenergy.HousingisseldomWhy is that? To some extent the housing sector must shoulder the b
2、lame. We have not been good communicatingthereal valuethat housingcancontributetoeconomic growth.Thenthereis thescaleof typicalhousingproject.It ishardtoshoveforattentionamongmultibillion-pound infrastructureprojects,it is inevitable that the attention is focused elsewhere. But perhaps the most sign
3、ificant reason is that issue has always been so politically charged. This government does not want to see a return to large-provisionofcouncilhousing,soitisnaturallywaryofmeasuresthatwillleadusdownthatNevertheless,theaffordable housingsituationis desperate.Waitinglists increaseallthe time andwe 1蒋军虎
4、微信公众号咨询电话项目: 专硕英语二、 管理类联考 班型: 真题密训营考前 30 天集训营私塾必过营simplynotbuilding项目: 专硕英语二、 管理类联考 班型: 真题密训营考前 30 天集训营私塾必过营simplynotbuildingenoughnewThe comprehensive spending review offers an opportunity for the government to help rectify this. needstoputhistoricalprejudicestoonesideandtake somestepstoaddressouru
5、rgenthousingTherearesome indicationsthat itispreparing todo just that.Thecommunities minister,DonFoster,hinted that George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer, may introduce more flexibility to the current on the amount that local authorities can borrow against their housing stock debt. Evidence sh
6、ows 60,000 extra new homes could be built over the next five years if the cap were lifted, increasing GDP Ministers should also look at creating greater certainty in the rental environment, which would have significantimpactontheabilityofregisteredproviderstofundnewdevelopmentsfromButitisnot just do
7、wntothegovernment.Whilethesemeasureswouldeintheshortterm, must face up to the fact that the existing 4.5bn programme of grants to fund new affordable housing, set expirein 2015, isunlikely tobe extended beyond then.The Labour Partyhas recentlyannouncedthat it retain alarge part of the coalitions spe
8、ndingplans if it returns topower.The housingsector needs to that we are very unlikely to ever return to the era of large-scale public grants. We need to adjust to changingWhilethegovernmentscommitmenttolong-termfundingmayhavechanged,theveryneedformoreaffordablehousingisrealandisnotgoing2蒋军虎微信公众号咨询电话
9、项目: 专硕英语二、 管理类联考 班型: 真题密训营考前 30 天集训营私塾必过营二What would you do with 项目: 专硕英语二、 管理类联考 班型: 真题密训营考前 30 天集训营私塾必过营二What would you do with $590m?This is now a question for Gloria Mackenzie,an 84-year-widow who recently emerged from her small,tin-roofed house in Florida to collect the biggest lottery jackpot
10、in history. If she hopes her new-found fortune will yield lasting feelings of coulddoworsethanreadHappyMoneybyElizabethDunnandMichaelThese two academics use an array of behavioral research to show that the most rewarding ways spend money can be counterintuitive. Fantasies of great wealth often invol
11、ve visions of fancy cars extravagant homes. Yet satisfaction with these material purchases wears off fairly quickly. What was excitingandesold-hat;regretcreepsin.Itisfarbettertospendmoneyonexperiences,sayDunn and Mr. Norton,like interesting trips,unique meals or even going to the cinema. These e mor
12、e valuable with timeas stories or memories particularly if they involve feeling connectedtoThis slim volume is packed with tips to help wage slaves as well as lottery winners get the “happiness bang for your buck.” It seems most people would be better off if they could shorten commutes to work,spend
13、 more time with friends and family and less of it watching television theaverageAmericanspendsawhoppingtwomonthsayeardoing,andishardlyjollierforit).Buyingor giving to charity is often more pleasurable than purchasing things for oneself,and luxuries are enjoyable when they are consumed sparingly. Thi
14、s is apparently the reason MacDonalds restricts availability of its popular McRib a marketing trick that has turned the pork sandwich into an object Readersof Happy Money are clearly a privileged lot,anxious aboutfulfillment,not hunger. maynotquitebuyhappiness,butpeopleinwealthiercountriesaregeneral
15、lyhappierthanthoseinpoor3蒋军虎微信公众号咨询电话项目: 专硕英语二、 管理类联考 班型: 真题密训营考前 30 天集训营私塾必过营Yet the link between feeling good and spending money on others can项目: 专硕英语二、 管理类联考 班型: 真题密训营考前 30 天集训营私塾必过营Yet the link between feeling good and spending money on others can be seen among rich and poor around the world,and
16、 scarcity enhances the pleasure of most things for most people. Not everyone agree with the authors policy ideas,which range from mandating more holiday time to reducing incentives for American homebuyers. But most people will come away from this book believing it moneywell1.AccordingtoDunnandNorton
17、,whichofthefollowingisthemostrewardingA.AbigB.AspecialC.AstylishD.Arich2.TheauthorsattitudetowardAmericanswatchingTVisA.B.C.D.3. McRibismentionedinParagraph 3 toshowthatA.consumersaresometimesB.popularityusuallycomesafterC.marketingtricksareoftenD.raritygenerallyincreases4.Accordingtothelastparagrap
18、h,HappyA.hasleftmuchroomforreadersB.mayprovetobeaworthwhileC.haspredictedaegap intheD.maygiveitsreadersasenseof5.ThistextmainlydiscusseshowA.balancefeelinggoodandspendingB.spendlargesumsofmoneywoninC.obtainlastingsatisfactionfrommoneyemorereasonableinspendingon4蒋军虎微信公众号咨询电话项目: 专硕英语二、 管理类联考 班型: 真题密训营
19、考前 30 天集训营私塾必过营三The concept of项目: 专硕英语二、 管理类联考 班型: 真题密训营考前 30 天集训营私塾必过营三The concept of man versus machine is at least as old as the industrial revolution, but this tends to be most acutely felt during economic downturns and fragile recoveries. And yet, it would be mistake to think we are right now s
20、imply experiencing the painful side of a boom and bust cycle. jobs have gone away for good, outmoded by machines. Since technology has such an insatiable appetite eating up human jobs, this phenomenon will continue to restructure our economy in ways we immediatelyWhenthereis exponential improvement
21、inthe price andperformanceof technology,jobs that were thought to be immune from automation e threatened. This argument has attracted a lot attention,via the success ofthebookRaceAgainstthe Machine, byErik Brynjolfsson andAndrewwhobothhailfromMITsCenterforDigitalThisisapowerfulargument,andascaryone.
22、Andyet,JohnHagel,authorofThePowerofPullotherbooks,saysBrynjolfssonandMcAfeemissthereasonwhythesejobsaresovulnerabletointhefirstHagel says we have designed jobs in the U.S. that tend to be tightly scripted and standardizedones that leave noroomfor individual initiative or creativity. In short,thesear
23、ethetypes jobs that machines can perform much better at than human beings. That is how we have put a giant signonthebacksofAmericanworkers,Hagel5蒋军虎微信公众号咨询电话项目: 专硕英语二、 管理类联考 班型: 真题密训营考前 30 天集训营私塾必过营Its time to reinvent the formula for how 项目: 专硕英语二、 管理类联考 班型: 真题密训营考前 30 天集训营私塾必过营Its time to reinvent the formula for how work is conducted, since we are still relying on a very centurynotionof work,Hagelsays.Inourrapidlychangingeconomy,wemorethaneverneedpe
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