Our real interest is in the dynamic process

而我们真正感兴趣的正是这个动态的进程
and the statics are just like, for example,

而这些数据就像是举个例子的话
a quote on the Dow Jones for 2:32 in the afternoon.

就像是道琼斯下午两点三十二的一次报价
It's a moving target and the motion is what's interesting.

作为会变动的目标其运动过程是关键
That's the first thing we're going to do.

这是我们这节课要做的第一件事
The second thing is to look at the "Dismal science" of economics

第二件是了解经济学中的"沉闷的科学"
as conceived by Thomas Malthus,

这一观点由托马斯·马尔萨斯提出
whose principle work appeared in 1798 and 1800,

他的理论提出于1798年和1800年
and which put forward a theory to the effect that

该理论指出这样一个结果
nearly universal poverty was an essential

即由于人类的存在
and inevitable fact of human existence.

大范围的贫困将普遍发生并且难以避免
Thank God he was wrong.

谢天谢地他错了