The delicate and intricate pattern of competition and cooperation in the economic behavior of the hundreds of thousands of citizens of Stockholm offers a challenge to the economist that is perhaps as complex as the challenges of the physicist and the chemist.

  • -- George Stigler 斯蒂格勒

斯德哥尔摩成千上万市民的经济行为中微妙而复杂的竞争与合作模式对经济学家提出了一个挑战,这个挑战可能与物理学家和化学家的挑战一样复杂。

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Economic medicine that was previously meted out by the cupful has recently been dispensed by the barrel. These once unthinkable dosages will almost certainly bring on unwelcome after-effects. Their precise nature is anyone's guess, though one likely consequence is an onslaught of inflation.

以前以一杯为单位开出的经济药方,最近却以桶为单位开出。这些曾经难以想象的剂量几乎肯定会带来不受欢迎的后遗症。它们的确切性质谁也说不准,不过一个可能的后果是通胀的猛攻。

As society changes, laws have to change to protect citizens along the way. Sometimes you have to try new and different and creative ways to solve problems. You have to take some risks.

随着社会的变化,法律也必须随之改变以保护公民。有时你必须尝试新的、不同的和创造性的方法来解决问题。你必须承担一些风险。

It was appointed by law in Athens, that the obsequies of the citizens who fell in battle should be performed at the public expense, and in the most honorable manner.

雅典的法律规定,阵亡公民的葬礼应由公众出资,并以最高尚的方式进行。

Daily life is governed by an economic system in which the production and consumption of insults tends to balance out.

日常生活是由一种经济体系控制的,在这种经济体系中,侮辱的产生和消费往往是平衡的。

I established a certain standard of behavior, that, during my playing, there must be no talking.

我建立了一定的行为准则,在我玩的时候,一定不能说话。

People who discriminate doesn't understand that they are a stranger to others.

歧视别人的人不知道他们对别人是陌生人。