A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
经济
Economy
The first, or theoretic branch, that which explains the nature, production, and distribution of wealth, will be found to rest on a very few general propositions, which are the result of observation, or consciousness.
第一个理论分支，即解释财富的性质、生产和分配的理论分支，是建立在少数几个普遍命题的基础上的，这些命题是观察或意识的结果。
The art of economics consists in looking not merely at the immediate but at the longer effects of any act or policy; it consists in tracing the consequences of that policy not merely for one group but for all groups.
经济学的艺术不仅在于观察任何行为或政策的直接影响，而且在于观察其长期影响;它不仅包括对一个集团，而且包括对所有集团追查这项政策的后果。
Our nation stands at the crossroads of liberty. Crushing national debt, rampant illegal immigration, insane business regulations and staggering national unemployment are pushing our nation into unchartered territory.
我们的国家正站在自由的十字路口。沉重的国债、猖獗的非法移民、疯狂的商业法规和惊人的全国失业率正把我们的国家推向未知的境地。
The natural capital is not income, but we spend our natural capital as if it were revenue, as if it were going to come back next year without any problems, whereas these renewals in nature can take hundreds of years.
自然资本不是收入，但我们把自然资本当作收入来使用，就好像它明年会毫无问题地回来一样，而这些自然资本的更新可能需要数百年的时间。
Being rich is a good thing. Not just in the obvious sense of benefitting you and your family, but in the broader sense. Profits are not a zero sum game. The more you make, the more of a financial impact you can have.
富有是一件好事。不仅仅是对你和你的家庭的明显好处，而是更广泛的意义。利润不是一个零和游戏。你赚得越多，你的财务影响就越大。
I hope there will be some good news and some good profits, and people will realize we have a lot of outstanding executives, and a lot of companies that are doing a good job, and those are good companies to invest in.
我希望会有一些好消息和一些好的利润，人们会意识到我们有很多优秀的高管，很多公司都做得很好，这些都是值得投资的好公司。
Eliminating the Death Tax will continue to restore consumer confidence, spur capital investment, and create new jobs which are critical components of economic growth, particularly within the small business community.
取消遗产税将继续恢复消费者信心，刺激资本投资，创造新的就业机会，这些都是经济增长的关键组成部分，尤其是在小企业中。
If left-wing extremism continues to flourish in parts which have natural resources of minerals, the climate for investment would certainly be affected. wing extremism continues to flourish in parts which have natural
如果左翼极端主义继续在矿产资源丰富的地区蓬勃发展，投资环境肯定会受到影响。 极端主义势力继续在一些自然存在的地区蓬勃发展
Many people see technology as the problem behind the so-called digital divide. Others see it as the solution. Technology is neither. It must operate in conjunction with business, economic, political and social system.
许多人认为技术是所谓数字鸿沟背后的问题。其他人则认为这是解决方案。技术既不是。它必须与商业、经济、政治和社会制度共同运作。
Trade helps bring us products cheaply, but there is no guarantee whatsoever to assume that it will allow us to replace the jobs that have been lost, and there is no mechanism under productivity that says that, either.
贸易为我们带来了廉价的产品，但我们不能保证它会让我们取代失去的工作岗位，生产率下也没有这样的机制。
If, as is natural, you focus on the corruption and on those threatened institutions that are trying to prevent change - even though they don't really know what they're trying to prevent - then you can get pessimistic.
如果像自然的那样，你把注意力集中在腐败和那些受到威胁的试图阻止变革的机构上——尽管它们并不真正知道自己试图阻止什么——那么你就会变得悲观。
I went back to graduate school with the clear intention that what I wanted to do with my life was to improve societies, and the way to do that was to find out what made economies work the way they did or fail to work.
当我回到研究生院的时候，我有一个明确的目标，那就是我想用我的一生来改善社会，而实现这一目标的方法就是找出是什么让经济以这种方式运行，或者失败。
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沿着这个主题，再读几句。
We need to recognise that what really matters isn't buying more and more consumer goods, but family, friends, and knowing that we are doing something worthwhile with our lives. Helping to reduce the appalling consequences of world poverty should be part of that reassessment.
我们需要认识到，真正重要的不是购买越来越多的消费品，而是家人、朋友，以及知道我们在用生命做一些有价值的事情。帮助减少世界贫困的可怕后果应该是重新评估的一部分。
Economic growth and environmental protection are not at odds. They're opposite sides of the same coin if you're looking at longer-term prosperity.
经济增长和环境保护并不矛盾。如果你着眼于长期的繁荣，它们是同一枚硬币的两面。
The economy is not an abstraction. The economy consists of people, and it will only grow if people feel secure and are reasonably free.
经济不是一个抽象概念。经济是由人组成的，只有当人们感到安全并享有合理的自由时，经济才会增长。
You might say that economic history is the history of people learning to manage risk.
你可能会说经济史是人们学习管理风险的历史。
The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists.
学习经济学的目的不是为了获得一套现成的经济问题的答案，而是学习如何避免被经济学家所欺骗。
Don't ever let economic alone determine your career or how you spend the majority of your time.
永远不要让经济因素独自决定你的职业或你如何度过大部分时间。