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Norway’s labour market
挪威的劳动力市场
A recent Free Exchange column(自由交流专栏) (April 4th) highlight(强调，突出)ed two of the main challenges that the Norwegian government sees for the years ahead: increasing the supply of labour and raising productivity(生产力) across the economy. As the population ages, pressure on labour supply will increase unless we succeed in(除非我们成功) bringing more people into work or producing more with fewer hands. We have succeeded with a pension reform(养老金改革) in Norway, and the public sector is productive in many areas, but much more must be done.
近期“自由交流”专栏（4月4日）强调了挪威政府认为未来几年面临的两大主要挑战：增加劳动力供应和提高整个经济的生产力。随着人口老龄化，除非我们成功让更多人就业或以更少的人手生产更多，否则劳动力供应压力将增加。我们在挪威成功进行了养老金改革，公共部门在许多领域效率很高，但还有更多工作要做。
That being said(尽管如此，话虽如此), parts of the column suggested that balance and precision have at times given way to the demands of a good story. As you noted, Norway spends a lot of money helping other countries, but the single most important contribution here is to Ukraine’s defensive struggle(防御斗争). Norway, with fewer than 6m inhabitants, is among those providing the most military support to Ukraine. My reading is that The Economist generally regards such support as a good thing.
尽管如此，专栏的部分内容暗示，平衡和精确有时让位于一个好故事的需要。正如你们所指出的，挪威花费大量资金帮助其他国家，但这里最重要的一项贡献是对乌克兰防御斗争的支持。挪威人口不足600万，却是向乌克兰提供最多军事支持的国家之一。我的理解是，《经济学人》通常认为这种支持是件好事。
Politics in West Bengal
西孟加拉邦的政治
The young and the affluent
年轻与富裕阶层
The folly of war
战争的愚蠢
Language lore
语言传说
Retail politics
零售政治（指欧盟日常政治）