The distinguishing feature for many workers in South Korea is contractual - and often involuntary - retirement at a young age (mid-50s for most workers) followed by precarious and low-paying self-employment or contract work. In the past this practice, which is also found in other East Asian nations, provided firms with a youthful and highly productive workforce. However, with a...(展开全部)

Growing Out of the Plan is a comprehensive study of China's economic reforms, from their beginnings at the end of 1978 through the completion of many of the initial reform measures during 1993. The book focuses on industry and macroeconomic policy, using these to describe reform strategy in its entirety. In addition to being a thorough and reliable guide to the specifics of Ch...(展开全部)

路易-费迪南·塞利纳（Louis-Ferdinand Céline，1894—1961） 法国著名小说家，代表作有《茫茫黑夜漫游》《死缓》等。

The 21st century has seen growing numbers of seniors turning to migration in response to newfound challenges to traditional forms of retirement and old-age support, such as increased longevity, demographically aging populations, and global neoliberal trends reducing state welfare. Chinese-born migrants to the U.S. serve as an exemplary case of this trend, with 30% of all migran...(展开全部)

The 21st century has seen growing numbers of seniors turning to migration in response to newfound challenges to traditional forms of retirement and old-age support, such as increased longevity, demographically aging populations, and global neoliberal trends reducing state welfare. Chinese-born migrants to the U.S. serve as an exemplary case of this trend, with 30% of all migran...(展开全部)

The award-winning author of The Battle of Bretton Woods reveals the gripping history behind the Marshall Plan—told with verve, insight, and resonance for today. In the wake of World War II, with Britain’s empire collapsing and Stalin's on the rise, US officials under new secretary of state George C. Marshall set out to reconstruct western Europe as a bulwark against communist a...(展开全部)

Life is a journey, and as with any other journey you need clear goals, plans, and schedules to get from where you are now to where you want to be. Like any good pilot, you need a flight plan that you file before you begin and that you use to guide you on your way.

Bienvenue dans petite planète, l'univers saugrenu du tourisme de masse. Sur les traces du vacancier moyen que: nous sommes tous, Martin Parr s'attache, à travers ses photographies, à révéler cette énorme farce que constituent les voyages, loisir somme toute récent pour le plus grand nombre, apparu avec le développement des avions gros-porteurs puis des compagnies low-cost. Sobr...(展开全部)