A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
经济
Economy
The most basic law of economics...that one cannot get something for nothing.
经济学最基本的规律是……一个人不可能不劳而获。
The world is richer than ever, and the gaps between rich and poor are wider.
世界比以往任何时候都更富有，贫富差距也更大。
I want to rid the country of corruption and return our economic environment.
我想让国家摆脱腐败，恢复我们的经济环境。
The Pacific Northwest depends on inexpensive renewable energy from our dams.
太平洋西北部依赖于来自我们大坝的廉价可再生能源。
You get paid more at McDonald's than you do under the existing minimum wage.
你在麦当劳拿到的工资比你在现有最低工资下拿到的还要多。
Decreased business base increases overhead. So does increased business base.
业务基础减少会增加开销。业务基础的增长也是如此。
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。
Well, I think lower taxes and less regulation would actually promote growth.
嗯，我认为降低税收和减少监管实际上会促进经济增长。
The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people.
生产太多有用的东西导致了太多无用的人。
The economy is a wholly owned subsidiary of the environment, not the reverse.
经济是环境的全资子公司，而不是相反。
Two quarters doesn't make a trend, but it's a heck of a lot better than none.
两个季度并不能形成趋势，但总比没有要好得多。
The economy of human time is the next advantage of machinery in manufactures.
节省人类时间是机械制造业的下一个优势。
KEEP EXPLORING
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。
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。
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。