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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  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
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  it turns into a nightmare.
  它就会成为噩梦
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  Okay terrific.
  太对了
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  Georgios, I'm going to call on you in a moment for a one sentence read.
  乔久斯 我想请你帮我念一句话
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  Here's the proposition that we now want to look at.
  也就是我们现在所讨论的议题
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  Smith--here's an apparent but not real paradox.
  这里有个看似明显的悖论
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  Adam Smith says self-interest is the main motive
  亚当·斯密认为利己主义是