8.27英语（一）周测

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:Text 3 When running for president in 1968,Robert Kernedy took aim at US economic statistics. Gross national product, he said, counted pollution, cigarette advertising, and the destruction of forests among a long list of social evils. It failed to measure importtant things in society such as the joy of poetry or the strength of marriages. Though little noticed at the time, his short section of his campaign speech has now become the battle cry of many diverse campaign groups. Some claim that GNP, or gross domestic product, Imeasure the wrong things because they put a value on the goods and services produced and purchasedin an economy. This weeks Dasgupta Review of the economics of biodiversity said GDP is wholly unssuitable.. for identifying sustainable development”. Others claim that as this data stands at the pinnaclee of economic statistics, it gets too much weight by government and society. As the saying goes, what is measured, counts. Of course, everyone will have personal views on the relative value of journalists, tax lawyers or sex workers, but the beauty of GDP is that it just adds up their incomes, allowing people to argue whether the result is either morally right or wrong. It does not take an explicit view. The past decade tells us that the measure is a reasonable indicator of societys values. Imagine if agroup of economists landed on earth at the start of 2020 and had to evaluate the worlds happiness usingGDP. They would have noticed a slowdown in growth since 2008, and that Chinas GDP overtook thatof the US in 2014. They would have diagnosed general discontent and strife between the worlds twoeconomic superpowers. They would have been correct. The coronavirus crisis also taught us that we value information about jobs, incomes and profits somuch that when GDP statistics are dangerously out of date, we will put huge efforts into finding real time proxies to tell us about our living standards. But is GDP too important? Contrary to Mr Kennedysassertions, the evidence suggests we still care about the environment, crime, and morality. In fact, whenGDP goes head-to-head with these other issues, it tends to lose. Allegations that GDP is a terrible measure that is too important to decision makers are trotted out sooften, they tend to get a free pass. But the evidence is flimsy, at best.

Q2:31. When Robert Kennedy ran for president,

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Q4:33. The example of a group of economists^^ shows that

Q5:34. When GDP statistics are dangerously out of date,

Q6:35. What is the authors attitude toward GDP?

:Text 4 The Supreme Court unanimously upheld a regulatory rollback of federal limits on media ownershipin local markets, a decision that could open the door to further industry consolidation. The court, in anopinion by Justice Brett Kavanaugh, ruled Thursday that the Federal Communications Commission actedreasonably in 2017 when it loosened three longstanding media-ownership restrictions. Citing dramaticchanges to the media landscape, the commission, split along partisan lines, made it easier for one entityto own multiple TV stations in the same market. It also removed prohibitions on common ownership ofboth a TV station and a newspaper in the same market, or a TV station and a radio station. The FCC had been tied up in court on the rules for nearly 20 years. In the latest round of litigation,a federal appeals court in 2019 agreed with critics who challenged the FCC rollback on the grounds thatthe commission didnt adequately assess whether the changes would harm ownership of broadcast mediaby women and minorities. The Supreme Court reversed that ruling and sided with the FCC. The FCC considered therecord evidence on competition, localism, viewpoint diversity, and minority and female ownership,and reasonably concluded that the three ownership rules no longer serve the public interest, JusticeKavanaugh wrote for the court in FCC. The court said the FCC had only sparse evidence to work withon minority and female ownership and made a reasonable prediction that its rollback wouldnt harmminority and female ownership levels. The FCC and a group ofmedia companies, including News Corp, owner of The Wall Street Journal,had appealed the case to the high court. Other ownership restrictions remain in place, notably limits thatstill generally prohibit ownership of multiple top stations in the same market, and more FCC action is possible in the future. While I am disappointed by the courts decision, the values that have long upheld our mediapolicies—competition, localism, and diversity—remain strong, said FCC Acting Chairwoman JessicaRosenworcel, a Democrat who voted against the rollback. tuI am committed to ensuring that theseprinciples guide this agency as we move forward,5, she said. Helgi Walker, a partner at law firm GibsonDunn who argued the case for the National Association of Broadcasters and other industry challengers,said the decision gives broadcasters the freedom to innovate and compete in todays highly competitivemedia marketplace.

Q7:36. According to the first paragraph, FCC

Q8:37. A federal appeals court in 2019 sided with the critics, because FCC

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Q10:39. Helgi Walkers attitude towards the ruling ofthe Supreme Court is

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