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今回はThe Economistの…1 | The IMF's advice to China…2 | Senegal's long-awaited election…3 | NFL franchises are too big to buyについて紹介していきたいと思います。
1 | The IMF's advice to China
The head of the IMF, Kristalina Georgieva, who this month won crucial European backing for a second term, will attend the China Development Forum, a forum for foreign investors and businessmen, in Beijing on Sunday. The fund and China agree on some things, including the dangers of trade wars and decoupling (which the IMF calls "geoeconomic fragmentation"). But Ms Georgieva may still have some frank advice for ger hosts. To boost growth, the IMF thinks China should cut interest rates (even if that entails a cheaper yuan) and redirect its stimulus spending from public investment to the social safety-net. It should also be more decesive in cleaning up the debts of property developers, local governments and distressed sovereign borrowers like Sri Lanka and Zambia.
Some foreigners think the fund should be even together on China. They want it to express alarm about the country's growing trade surpluses, especially in elctric vehicles, which threaten rival manufactures around the world.
中国の影響力。
それは絶大である。
中国語の学習者。
その数も徐々に増えていくのかも。
日本語・英語。
そして中国語。
この3言語が。
世のスタンダードになるかも。
2 | Senegal's long-awaited election
Little more than a month ago Senegal was in the midst of a constitutional crisis. Macky Sall, the departing president, had tried to delay elections by ten months. His most popular rival was behind bars and disqualified from running. Security forces were beating and arresting protesters. Many feared that a country widely seen as a bulwark of stability in the region was now going the same way as all those others beset by bloody coups and overstaying presidents.
So it is with relief that citizens of one of Africa's most vibrant democracies finally go to the polls on Sunday. Senegal's constitutional court slapped down Mr Sall's bid to postpone them, and his opponents have since been released from prison. Of the 19 contenders now on the ballot at least three are real contenders to succeed Mr Sall, who is not running. A vote many feared might not happen is instead set to be a nail-biter.
セネガルにて。
大々的に選挙が行われる。
裏で行われる様々な駆け引きの数々。
果たして勝者は。
10か月に及ぶ引き延ばし。
日本の選挙ではあんまり考えられない。
ナショナリズム。
環境って大切だよね。
3 | NFL franchises are too big to buy
NFL American football teams are the most valuable sports clubs on the planet. According to Sportico, a sports analysis company, 12 of the top 20 belong to the league. Their success in selling out stadiums and attracting the biggest sports broadcasting deal in history has made NFL owners extraordinarily rich. But it has also created a big problem. So valuable are the NFL franchises that it has become very difficult to find anyone with deep enough pockets to buy them.
At the owners' latest pow-wow, which begins on Saturday in Florida, loosening the league's strict investment rules (the lead owner needs to control at least 30%, among over stipulations) could thus be up for discussion. In 2022 the National Basketball Association relaxed its rules to permit private-equity firms to buy up to 20% of a team and sovereign wealth funds to own up to 5%. The NFL is unlikely to go so far immediately, but the sale of passive stakes to local investors is increasingly likely in the long run.
先を見据えた戦略形成。
長期運営には欠かせない要素だね。
とりわけNFLの規模となれば。
それはなおさら。
スポーツに専念する。
それはとてつもなく難しい。
それでも。
その魅力は計り知れない。
ビッグデータ時代。僕たちはいとも容易く。
情報にアクセスする。
フェイクニュースで溢れる現代において。取捨選択。
それは大切なことなのかも。
4 | Intermittent fasting may strain the heart
Intermittent fasting is a broad church. Its practitioners range from occasional breakfast-skippers to committed clock-watchers, who proselytise the diet's weight-loss benefits. In fairness, some studies have backed these claims - but only with respect to short-term effects. Now, the first oong-term study of intermittent fasting has cast doubt on its supposed health-giving qualities.
The study, by a Chinese team and presented at a conference of the American Heart Association, analysed data from 20,000 Amercan adults over a median of eight years. It found that those who reported eating only within an eight-hour daily window had a 91% higher risk of death from cardiovascular disease.
The reaserach, however, has not been peer reviewed and did not investigate why restricted mealtimes might contribute to worse heart health. This omission, among other limitations, means that the study is unlikely to bring any hardcore fasters to the breakfast table. For now then, intermittent fasting will remain the subject of (early) dinnertime debates.
食事の重要性。
それは誰しもが感じること。
特に下痢の場合。
水分補給には特に注意を払いたい。
ポカリスエット。
塩分補給。
何も食べられないかもしれない。
それでも。
少しの工夫。それはやがて。
大きな変化となる。
運動も大切。食事とのバランスを意識しながら。
月に4回程度を目安に。
5 | まとめ
・中国
・選挙
・NFL
・食事
4つの要素。
分かりやすく。
5,000文字。
中々大変だけど。
日々挑戦。
色々と試行錯誤していきたい。
★★★
メジャーリーグ。韓国にて。
初の開催。
開幕試合。大谷対ダルビッシュ。
多いに盛り上がった。
そのような最中。衝撃のニュースが飛び込む。
一平氏の解雇。
メンタルの維持。
それは大変なことなのかもしれない。
それでも。大谷選手には。
この困難をどうにか乗り切って欲しい。
★★★
次回もこんな感じで。
それでは！