If a man bring to London an ounce of Silver out of the Earth in Peru in the same time that he can produce a bushel of Corn, then one is the natural price of the other.

  • -- William Petty 威廉·佩蒂

如果一个人在秘鲁能生产一蒲式耳玉米的同时,从地里挖出一盎司白银带到伦敦,那么其中一盎司白银就是另一盎司白银的自然价格。

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At the heart of banking is a suicidal strategy. Banks take money from the public or each other on call, skim it for their own reward and then lock the rest up in volatile, insecure and illiquid loans that at times they cannot redeem without public aid.

银行业的核心是一种自杀式战略。银行从公众或彼此的电话中收取资金,从中提取自己的报酬,然后将其余资金锁定在不稳定、不安全、流动性差的贷款中,而这些贷款有时在没有公共援助的情况下是无法赎回的。

I'll never make it, it will never happen, because they're never going to hear me 'cause they're screaming all the time.

我永远不会成功,永远不会发生,因为他们永远听不到我,因为他们一直在尖叫。