经济学家

It has been said that getting a roomful of economists to agree on anything is an exercise in futility, and this has led many people to assume that the world of economics is too difficult for the lay person to understand.

据说，曾经获得一屋子的经济学家同意对任何事都是一种徒劳的，这导致了许多人以为世界上的经济太困难了，为奠定人的理解。

If one asked a roomful of economists two years ago to put odds on a repeat of the Great Depression, nearly all would have said zero.

如果两年前找一大堆经济学家，让他们给出大萧条重现的机率，几乎所有人都会说是零。

For that, take a look at what economist David Rosenberg of Gluskin Sheff had to say in his Friday note to clients.

这一点，我们可以来看一看Gluskin Sheff的经济学家David Rosenberg在周五向客户所说的话。

David Rosenberg, chief economist at Merrill Lynch, puts the odds of a recession in 2007 above 40%.

美林的首席经济学家David Rosenberg认为，2007年发生经济衰退的可能超过40%。

Lower prices, however, are in some sense the key to recovery, economists said, although prices may need to fall further to lure吸引 buyers back into a market sagging with unsold inventory.

更低的价格，在某种意义上也许是恢复经济的关键，经济学家说，但是价格需要更低来吸引购买者带着未售出的存活回到疲软的市场中。

Yet other trade lawyers and economists noted that China had threatened to retaliate in a way that had high political salience but modest economic impact.

然而，其他的贸易法学家和经济学家暗示中国曾威胁要报复，运用强大的政治压力但只是适度的经济影响。

In 1970, Mr. Samuelson was the first American to win the Nobel Prize in economics, the second year the prize was offered.

1970年，萨缪尔森在设立诺贝尔经济学家的第二年就获此殊荣，他也是美国的第一位诺贝尔经济学奖得主。

Samuelson was the first American to win the Nobel Prize in economics, the second year the prize was offered.

1970年，萨缪尔森在设立诺贝尔经济学家的第二年就获此殊荣，他也是美国的第一位诺贝尔经济学奖得主。

THE late Paul Samuelson once quipped that "women are just men with less money".

已故经济学家保罗·萨缪尔森有一妙语："女人就是工资低的男人。"

2Petition of the Candlemakers, 1845French economist Frederic Bastiat (1801~1850) devastated the proponents of protectionism by satirically extending their reasoning to its logical and absurd conclusions.

法国经济学家弗雷德里克·巴斯夏(1801～1850)具有讽刺意味地将保护主义者的推理延用到他们看似合理实则荒谬的结论上，从而否定了他们的建议。

With Death guitarist Schuldiner adopting vocal duties, the band made a major impact on the scene.

随着死亡的吉他手Schuldiner接受主唱的职务，乐队在现实中树立了重要的影响。

But he could still end up breakfasting on Swiss-government issue muesli because all six are accused of nicking around 45 million pounds they should have paid to FIFA.

不过他最后仍有可能沦为瑞士政府&议事餐桌&上的一道早餐，因为这所有六个人都被指控把本应支付给国际足联的大约4500万英镑骗了个精光。