The economist J.K. Galbraith once wrote, "Faced with a choice between changing one's mind and proving there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy with the proof."

经济学家J.K.加尔布雷斯曾经写道：“当面对这样一个抉择，即改变自己的想法或证明没必要改变它时，几乎每个人都会忙于证明（没必要改变）。”

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In an interview last year with The Economist, George Whitesides, chief executive of space-tourism firm Virgin Galactic, was placing his company in the latter category.

在去年接受《经济学人》采访时，太空旅游公司维珍银河的首席执行官乔治·怀特赛兹将他的公司归为后一类。

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The Economist would therefore vote no.

因此经济学家将投反对票。

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In nineteen seventy-six the economist Muhammad Yunus helped develop a research project in his native country of Bangladesh.

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Here is a picture of a cover from the journal--the magazine The Economist who were writing about food and nutrition in modern times and they created this graphic for the website to show the evolution of humans.

这是来自《经济学人》杂志的一篇关于,现代食品和营养的报道,他们为网站制作了这张图,来演示人类的演化过程

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I called an economist at the BIS and said, can you please explain it to me?

在国际清算银行，我问一个经济学家，你能不能给我解释下？

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In brief, The Economist misinterprets the resistance of developing countries to a new round.

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To compound this misdiagnosis, The Economist proffers medicine that would do more harm than good.

ECONOMIST: By Invitation

The Economist has copies of what appear to be the contracts for all three.

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