A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
经济
Economy
War is never economically beneficial except for those in position to profit from war expenditures.
除了那些能从战争开支中获利的人，战争在经济上从来就没有好处。
When we're unemployed, we're called lazy; when the whites are unemployed it's called a depression.
当我们失业时，我们被称为懒惰;当白人失业时，这就叫做萧条。
The exchangeable value of all commodities, rises as the difficulties of their production increase.
所有商品的可交换价值都随着生产难度的增加而上升。
Globalization and free trade do spur economic growth, and they lead to lower prices on many goods.
全球化和自由贸易确实刺激了经济增长，并导致许多商品的价格下降。
Inflation is as violent as a mugger, as frightening as an armed robber and as deadly as a hit man.
通货膨胀像强盗一样狂暴，像持械抢劫犯一样可怕，像杀手一样致命。
If you are doing well, your business will pay more in tax; if you're not doing well, you pay less.
如果你经营得很好，你的企业将缴更多的税;如果你做得不好，你会付出更少。
The trouble with the profit system has always been that it was highly unprofitable to most people.
利润体系的问题一直是，它对大多数人来说是非常无利可图的。
Our economy is creating jobs and giving businesses the conditions they need to invest and succeed.
我们的经济正在创造就业机会，为企业创造投资和成功所需的条件。
The modern economy isn't about the redistribution of wealth, it's about the redistribution of time.
现代经济不是财富的再分配，而是时间的再分配。
Mr. Speaker, the time for an increase in the minimum wage has not just arrived; it is long overdue.
议长先生，提高最低工资的时机还没有到来;它已经过期很久了。
I believe that economists put decimal points in their forecasts to show they have a sense of humor.
我相信经济学家在他们的预测中加入小数点是为了显示他们有幽默感。
I'm not an economist and we all know economists were created to make weather forecasters look good.
我不是经济学家，我们都知道经济学家的存在是为了让天气预报看起来不错。
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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。
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。
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 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。
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。