which of us is most powerful and persuasive says a lot.

个人的辩才就非常重要了
That's one reason why things like OpEds can be strategically important,

这就是为何特写报道这类东西有战略意义
because you can help shape the way the public looks at these issues.

因为可以帮助公众形成对此类问题的看法
Part of this has to do with perceptions of risk,

其中部分还和对风险的认知有关
and where the blame and risk for things are placed in society.

而这些风险和责任都存在于社会中
Some of you may have had courses from Jacob Hacker,

你们中应该有人上过雅各布·汉克的课
who is a professor here at Yale in Political Science

他是耶鲁政治学教授
who's written a really interesting book

写过一本很有趣的书
that I found useful myself called, The Great Risk Shift.

我觉得很有用叫《重大风险转移》
He doesn't talk as much about the health arena

他没有说很多有关健康领域的事
as he does about other issues related to politics and economics,

只是讨论和政治经济相关的话题
but he does talk about health to some extent.

但他确实在某种程度上涉及了健康问题