A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
经济
Economy
We need to put in place an economic system of governance for the euro-zone.
我们需要为欧元区建立一个经济治理体系。
The rate of interest acts as a link between income-value and capital-value.
利率是收入价值和资本价值之间的联系。
If we guarantee employment for some, we jeopardize employment for everyone.
如果我们为一些人提供就业保障，就会损害所有人的就业。
Even in a time of fiscal austerity, education is more than just an expense.
即使在财政紧缩时期，教育也不仅仅是一项开支。
A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.
一个国家的债务，如果不过度，将是我们国家的福祉。
And so the danger for the housing industry is if we see interest rates rise.
因此，如果我们看到利率上升，房地产行业就会面临危险。
A fundamental new rule for business is that the Internet changes everything.
商业的一个基本新规则是，互联网改变了一切。
My wheels are running. My investments are local, regional and international.
我的轮子在跑。我的投资包括本地、地区和国际投资。
I am not embarrassed to be a banker. I am not embarrassed to be in business.
作为一名银行家，我并不感到尴尬。在商界，我并不感到尴尬。
The Internet doesn't change everything. It doesn't change supply and demand.
互联网并不能改变一切。它不会改变供求关系。
Capital is that part of wealth which is devoted to obtaining further wealth.
资本是财富的一部分，用来获得更多的财富。
Africa is poor because its investors and its creditors are unspeakably rich.
非洲之所以贫穷，是因为它的投资者和债权人非常富有。
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沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Infinite growth of material consumption in a finite world is an impossibility.
在有限的世界里，物质消费的无限增长是不可能的。
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。
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。
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。
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。