来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：资本主义：成功、危机与改革 第3集 第3集》

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  including those which make, in this case,
  各界企业 包括烟草
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  cigarettes, booze, and firearms, but mostly cigarettes,
  酒还有军火企业 但主要是烟草商
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  have elaborate representation in Washington
  他们在华盛顿发表精彩陈词
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  and promote their own interests through the law.
  并钻法律空子为各自企业牟利
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  It's not a big surprise.
  这没什么惊奇的
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  But the tension between the idealized theory of the market
  但理想化的理论
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  and that practice is a very strong one.
  与市场中的现实相距甚远
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  Incidentally, Smith was very critical of the corporations,
  顺便提一句 斯密对那时候的企业
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  which existed in his time,
  进行严厉的批判
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  and he was critical of them for partly the reason we just articulated:
  就象我刚刚提到的 批判的部分原因是
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  That they can control pricing
  这些企业控制了价格
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  and impose their product by that method.
  并以此强迫顾客购买产品