How did the economy produce all these amazing things that we have around us - computers and cell phones and so on? There were a bunch of ideas, and the good ones grew and prospered. And the bad ones were pretty ruthlessly weeded out.

  • -- Tim Harford 蒂姆·哈福德

经济是如何产生我们身边所有这些神奇的东西的——电脑和手机等等?有很多想法,好的想法不断发展壮大。坏的被无情地淘汰了。

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Families out there know that if they get in trouble and they've spent up a bunch of money and they've borrowed and they are up to hock to their necks, the thing they've got to do is start paying off what they owe and cut back their spending.

外面的家庭都知道,如果他们遇到麻烦,花了一大笔钱,借了很多钱,债台高筑,他们要做的就是开始偿还他们所欠的债,削减开支。

Success requires first expending ten units of effort to produce one unit of results. Your momentum will then produce ten units of results with each unit of effort.

成功首先需要花费十个单位的努力来产生一个单位的结果。你的动力会产生十个单位的结果,每单位的努力。

There is no way you are going to be forgiven for blowing up a village and killing a bunch of people.

你炸了一个村庄,杀了一群人,是不会被原谅的。

And if they haven't got poetry in them, there's nothing you can do that will produce it.

如果他们没有诗歌,你就无法创作。