The delicate and intricate pattern of competition and cooperation in the economic behavior of the hundreds of thousands of citizens of Stockholm offers a challenge to the economist that is perhaps as complex as the challenges of the physicist and the chemist.

  • -- George Stigler 斯蒂格勒

斯德哥尔摩成千上万市民的经济行为中微妙而复杂的竞争与合作模式对经济学家提出了一个挑战,这个挑战可能与物理学家和化学家的挑战一样复杂。

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And if citizens of New Orleans who are really contemplating coming back heard that we're really intent upon making the place secure again - regardless of whether the levees held or not - then I think a rebuilding process would really take shape.

如果新奥尔良市民听说我们真的打算让这个地方重新变得安全——不管堤坝是否坚固——那么我认为重建进程将真正成形。

With impressive proof on all sides of magnificent progress, no one can rightly deny the fundamental correctness of our economic system.

有了令人印象深刻的证据证明我们取得了巨大的进步,没有人能正确地否认我们经济体系的基本正确性。

Behaviors are a choice. Feelings are sometimes out of our control. Behavior has to do with choices.

行为是一种选择。感情有时是我们无法控制的。行为与选择有关。

Immigration is not just compatible with but is a necessary component of economic growth.

移民不仅与经济增长相容,而且是经济增长的必要组成部分。

Bad officials are the ones elected by good citizens who do not vote.

坏官员是由不投票的好公民选出来的。

Mindless habitual behavior is the enemy of innovation.

盲目的习惯性行为是创新的敌人。