来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：金融市场 第16集 第16集》

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  The government gets into a war.
  政府陷入战争
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  During the war, the government needs resources;
  战争期间 政府需要资源补给
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  it's in trouble; it raises taxes to try to pay for the war,
  遇到麻烦时 试图调高税收为战争买单
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  but then it finds it unable to collect taxes well.
  但它们发现征收效果并不好
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  People start evading taxes; there's a lot of discord.
  开始出现偷税漏税的混乱情况
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  It's just hard to raise money by taxing.
  通过税收敛财很困难
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  What the government would do
  政府能做的
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  is send someone over to the central bank
  就是派人去中央银行
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  and say, hey expand--give us
  喂 开门 给我们
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  just lend us the money.
  借我们钱
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  You're the central bank, lend us the money.
  你是中央银行 快借我们钱
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  So, the central bank would
  中央银行只好乖乖的