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经济学
Economics
He that lives upon hope will die fasting.
靠希望生活的人将死于饥饿。
In economics, the majority is always wrong.
在经济学中，多数人总是错的。
Economy is too late at the bottom of the purse.
经济在钱包底部已经太晚了。
There can be economy only where there is efficiency.
只有在有效率的地方才可能有经济。
Economics, politics, and personalities are often inseparable.
经济、政治和个性往往是密不可分的。
Economic issues are just as much moral issues as social issues.
经济问题和社会问题一样，都是道德问题。
Economics is a subject that does not greatly respect one's wishes.
经济学是一门不太尊重个人意愿的学科。
Zero-sum thinking is an obsession of mine, but mostly in economics.
零和思维是我的一种痴迷，但主要是在经济学领域。
Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.
经济学作为经济学家就业的一种形式是非常有用的。
In economics it is a far, far wiser thing to be right than to be consistent.
在经济学中，正确远比前后一致明智得多。
I didn't wake up one day and say, you know, 'Supply-side economics doesn't make sense.'
我没有哪天一觉醒来就说，你知道，供应侧经济学没有意义。
Economy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow.
节约是我们今天为明天的进步做准备的方法。
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All of the problems we're facing with debt are manmade problems. We created them. It's called fantasy economics. Fantasy economics only works in a fantasy world. It doesn't work in reality.
我们面临的所有债务问题都是人为造成的。我们创造了它们。这叫做幻想经济学。幻想经济学只适用于幻想世界。这在现实中行不通。
There was a real fear that a euro-zone bank might fail, that we'd have a sovereign debt problem in one of the larger European economies. That's dissipated, thanks largely to the action of the European Central Bank.
人们真正担心的是，欧元区的一家银行可能会倒闭，担心欧洲某个较大经济体会出现主权债务问题。这在很大程度上要归功于欧洲央行的行动。
However, the economics of our business continued to deteriorate. We barely escaped bankruptcy a year ago, and in the aftermath of that escape we had to make some even tougher decisions.
然而，我们的经济状况继续恶化。一年前，我们差点就破产了，在那之后，我们不得不做出一些更艰难的决定。
Answers are not enough, students should be encouraged to ask questions and explore alternatives to the norm. Entrepreneurship and invention are the backbone of the new economy, yet I doubt they get more than a nod in economics courses.
答案是不够的，应该鼓励学生提出问题，并探索规范的替代方案。企业家精神和发明创造是新经济的支柱，但我怀疑他们在经济学课程上得到的肯定会更多。
I don't believe in trickle-down economics. I don't think that people who have the most are inclined to share it, generally.
我不相信涓滴经济学。一般来说，我不认为拥有最多财富的人倾向于分享财富。
I hate liberality - nine times out of ten it is cowardice, and the tenth time lack of principle.
我讨厌慷慨——十有八九是怯懦，十有八九是缺乏原则。