How did the economy produce all these amazing things that we have around us - computers and cell phones and so on? There were a bunch of ideas, and the good ones grew and prospered. And the bad ones were pretty ruthlessly weeded out.

  • -- Tim Harford 蒂姆·哈福德

经济是如何产生我们身边所有这些神奇的东西的——电脑和手机等等?有很多想法,好的想法不断发展壮大。坏的被无情地淘汰了。

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Families out there know that if they get in trouble and they've spent up a bunch of money and they've borrowed and they are up to hock to their necks, the thing they've got to do is start paying off what they owe and cut back their spending.

外面的家庭都知道,如果他们遇到麻烦,花了一大笔钱,借了很多钱,债台高筑,他们要做的就是开始偿还他们所欠的债,削减开支。

If I produce it, I will stage it as a performance. A small audience will be invited; rehearsals of the sections will be done in the mornings, and those sections will be recorded in the afternoons.

如果我制作它,我将把它作为一个表演舞台。一小部分观众将被邀请;这些部分的排练将在上午进行,这些部分将在下午录音。

I've got a lot of folks who want to get rid of TSA, a bunch of them.

我有很多人想摆脱运输安全管理局,很多人。