A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
经济
Economy
Our liquidity is fine. As a matter of fact, it's better than fine. It's strong.
我们的流动性很好。事实上，这比好得多。它的强大。
The full potential of labor can be utilized only if there is mobility in labor.
只有劳动力具有流动性，才能充分发挥劳动力的潜力。
Immigration comes up, but the issue that is on everybody's mind is the economy.
移民问题提了出来，但每个人都关心的问题是经济。
Imminent GM bankruptcy was always fiction, created by Wall Street and the media.
即将到来的通用破产总是虚构的，由华尔街和媒体制造。
I'm a big believer in free enterprise. If people want to try it, then go for it.
我非常相信自由企业。如果人们想尝试，那就去做。
New markets shall not be allowed to interfere with the interests of former ones.
新市场不应被允许干涉旧市场的利益。
True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence.
没有经济安全和独立，就不可能有真正的个人自由。
The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable.
经济预测的唯一功能就是让占星术看起来体面。
There is no excuse for waste, fraud, and abuse in the Defense Department budget.
国防部预算中没有浪费、欺诈和滥用的借口。
If we can't find cuts in the defense budget, we're not looking carefully enough.
如果我们不能找到削减国防预算的办法，我们就没有足够仔细地考虑。
Here's the problem if you keep raising tax rates: You slow down economic growth.
如果你继续提高税率，就会出现这样的问题:经济增长放缓。
How is the economy supposed to recover when people can't afford to fill the tank?
当人们付不起油的时候，经济怎么可能复苏呢?
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沿着这个主题，再读几句。
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。
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。
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。
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。