Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production; and the interest of the producer ought to be attended to, only so far as it may be necessary for promoting that of the consumer.

  • -- Adam Smith 亚当·史密斯

消费是一切生产的唯一目的和目的;只有在促进消费者利益的必要时,生产者的利益才应当得到注意。

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All of the problems we're facing with debt are manmade problems. We created them. It's called fantasy economics. Fantasy economics only works in a fantasy world. It doesn't work in reality.

我们面临的所有债务问题都是人为造成的。我们创造了它们。这叫做幻想经济学。幻想经济学只适用于幻想世界。这在现实中行不通。

The value of an item - in the mind of a consumer - is simply the difference between the anticipated price and the price on the tag.

商品的价值——在消费者的心目中——只是预期价格和标签上价格之间的差异。

We should assume that the end product can be switched off by any consumer who is offended or frightened by it.

我们应该假设最终产品可以被任何被冒犯或害怕它的消费者关掉。

For in the theoretical field bourgeois economics no longer engages in blithe and joyous fights.

因为在理论领域,资产阶级经济学不再从事快乐的斗争。

Energy consumption matters both to our environment and our economy.

能源消耗对我们的环境和经济都很重要。

Poetry and consumption are the most flattering of diseases.

诗歌和消费是最讨人喜欢的疾病。