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经济
Economy
There came into the world an unlimited abundance of everything people need. But people need everything except unlimited abundance.
在这个世界上，人们所需要的一切都是无限丰富的。但是人们需要一切，除了无限的富足。
And you prate of the wealth of nations, as if it were bought and sold, The wealth of nations is men, not silk and cotton and gold.
论到万国的财货，你们好像是买卖的，万国的财货乃是人的，并不是丝，棉，金的。
The one thing people seem to forget is the more oil we have, the lower the price and the lower the profits the oil companies make.
人们似乎忘记的一件事是，我们拥有的石油越多，石油公司的价格和利润就越低。
Above and beyond the question of how to grow the economy there is a legitimate concern about how to grow the quality of our lives.
除了如何发展经济的问题之外，人们还有一个合理的担忧，那就是如何提高我们的生活质量。
Macroeconomic policy can never be devoid of politics: it involves fundamental trade-offs and affects different groups differently.
宏观经济政策永远离不开政治:它涉及根本的权衡，对不同群体的影响也不尽相同。
Not only does investing in your infrastructure provide very good construction jobs, at the end of the project, you have something.
投资于基础设施不仅能提供很好的建筑工作，在项目结束时，你还能得到一些东西。
Times have been tough, the economy has been tough. But I want to bring forward a fantastic manifesto for taking the city forwards.
时代艰难，经济艰难。但我想提出一个让这座城市向前发展的绝妙宣言。
For the only way in which a durable peace can be created is by world-wide restoration of economic activity and international trade.
因为创造持久和平的唯一方法是在世界范围内恢复经济活动和国际贸易。
Of course I've already taken a very modest position on the monetary system, I do take the position that we should just end the Fed.
当然，我在货币体系上已经采取了非常温和的立场，我确实认为我们应该结束美联储。
Advertising is the foot on the accelerator, the hand on the throttle, the spur on the flank that keeps our economy surging forward.
广告是踩在油门上的脚，是踩在油门上的手，是让我们的经济保持高速前进的肋板。
Advertising is a valuable economic factor because it is the cheapest way of selling goods, particularly if the goods are worthless.
广告是一个有价值的经济因素，因为它是最便宜的销售商品的方式，特别是如果商品是没有价值的。
The negative side to globalization is that it wipes out entire economic systems and in doing so wipes out the accompanying culture.
全球化的负面影响是它摧毁了整个经济体系，同时也摧毁了伴随而来的文化。
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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。
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。
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。
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。