A Swedish physicist can not discuss his work with fifty people unless he goes abroad. A Swedish economist can get opinions and instructions in his native language from thousands upon thousands of his fellow citizens.

-- George Stigler 斯蒂格勒

一位瑞典物理学家除非出国，否则不能与五十个人讨论他的工作。一位瑞典经济学家可以从他成千上万的同胞那里得到用本国语言表述的意见和指示。

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I think that whether you're on the right or on the left as an economist or as a policy maker, every serious analyst I know agrees that at some point you have to deal with entitlements.

我认为，无论你是右派还是左派，无论是经济学家还是政策制定者，我所认识的每一位严肃的分析师都同意，在某个时候，你必须处理福利问题。

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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。

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My first degree came years before my second. I had wanted to be a physicist, but I flunked calculus.

我的第一个学位比第二个学位早了好几年。我本想成为一名物理学家，但我的微积分不及格。

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