A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
经济
Economy
The power of population is indefinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistence for man.
人口的力量永远大于地球上生产人类生存所需的力量。
I believe the crisis started when we started prioritizing redistribution of wealth instead of its creation.
我认为,危机始于我们开始优先考虑财富的再分配,而不是创造财富。
Continuing economic growth requires both recruitment of new companies and expansion of existing businesses.
持续的经济增长既需要新公司的招聘,也需要现有业务的扩张。
Technological innovation is indeed important to economic growth and the enhancement of human possibilities.
技术革新对经济增长和提高人类的可能性确实很重要。
Rapine, avarice, expense, This is idolatry; and these we adore; Plain living and high thinking are no more.
贪婪、贪婪、浪费,这些都是偶像崇拜;我们崇拜这些;朴素的生活和高尚的思想已不复存在。
I found this national debt, doubled, wrapped in a big bow waiting for me as I stepped into the Oval Office.
当我走进椭圆形办公室时,我发现这个国家的债务翻了一番,被一个大大的蝴蝶结包裹着。
An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today.
经济学家是专家,他明天就会知道为什么他昨天预测的事情今天没有发生。
Every man is a consumer, and ought to be a producer. He is by constitution expensive, and needs to be rich.
每个人都是消费者,也应该是生产者。从体质上看,他很昂贵,需要富有。
We have to keep our eye on inflation, but so far inflation remains reasonably in check on the global stage.
我们必须密切关注通货膨胀,但到目前为止,通货膨胀在全球舞台上仍然受到合理的控制。
Today, we have a trade regime which has led to the largest trade deficits this country has ever experienced.
今天,我们的贸易体制导致了这个国家有史以来最大的贸易逆差。
Consumption per capita in our categories in developing markets is about one-third that of developed markets.
我们这些类别在发展中市场的人均消费量约为发达市场的三分之一。
Well, I think the global economy is in the position for continuing good growth with inflation well in check.
嗯,我认为全球经济将继续保持良好增长,通货膨胀将得到很好的控制。
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。
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。
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 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。
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。