A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
经济
Economy
We don't pay taxes. Only the little people pay taxes.
我们不交税。只有少数人纳税。
Writing and thinking is not economically sustainable.
写作和思考在经济上是不可持续的。
People want variety and something that is affordable.
人们想要多样化，想要负担得起的东西。
Economic sanctions rarely achieve the desired results.
经济制裁很少能达到预期的效果。
Local and regional food systems are about opportunity.
地方和区域粮食系统关乎机遇。
In human life, economics precedes politics or culture.
在人类生活中，经济先于政治或文化。
The principal problem facing our economy today is jobs.
我们今天经济面临的主要问题是就业。
But in the free market system, you're forced to change.
但在自由市场体系中，你不得不做出改变。
Ontario wood prices are among the highest in the world.
安大略的木材价格是世界上最高的。
The economy made me focus on designing more must-haves.
经济形势让我专注于设计更多必需品。
Innovation is the central issue in economic prosperity.
创新是经济繁荣的核心问题。
Poorly paid labor is inefficient labor, the world over.
在全世界范围内，低工资的劳动力是低效的劳动力。
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沿着这个主题，再读几句。
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。
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。
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。