来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：资本主义：成功、危机与改革 第6集 第6集》

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  Think back to--this is meeting six.
  回想一下 这是第六课了
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  It's about the rise of the joint stock corporation.
  今天讲股份公司的崛起
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  The joint stock corporation is, without doubt,
  股份公司 毋庸置疑
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  the most important institution in the world economy today.
  是世界经济中最重要的部分
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  Its only rival might be states or governments,
  只有国家和政府才能与之匹敌
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  but it is just a massively important thing.
  它占据了一个非常重要的位置
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  The question of how it got here
  我们今天的课题是股份公司是如何形成的
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  and why it takes the form it does is our topic today.
  以及股份制的必要性问题
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  Let's begin with Adam Smith.
  从亚当·斯密讲起
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  I wanna just talk for a while anyway
  先等一下
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  Would somebody--would one of you guys go up there and get
  你们有谁能上来
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  that on slide one slideshow
  给我放一下幻灯片吗