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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  Used to be;
  以前是
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  this is kind of why I used to be.
  这就是为什么我现在不是了
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  I'm up talking to the lead Republican staffer
  我和能源与商业委员会的
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  at The House Energy and Commerce Committee
  共和党人谈话
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  and saying at one point that capitalism
  我提到 资本会在某一时刻
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  justifies itself by creating real, not illusory, value.
  通过创造真实而非虚拟的价值来证明自己
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  To which he replied, "Well you're nothing but a communist."
  他回答说 "你绝对是个共产主义者"
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  That, in fact, is the problem.
  事实上 那很成问题
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  Under Smithian assumptions about long-term honesty,
  因为只有在斯密假设的价值创造条件下
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  long-term interests in real value creation,
  即 长期的诚信和长期利润
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  it worked perfectly.
  这一理论才会奏效
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  It's just that when those assumptions start to erode,
  只是当这种假设开始被侵蚀时