1·Ambitious young economists must prove that they are better climbers than their rivals. What they climb is a secondary concern.
有志向的年轻经济学者必须证明他们比对手更善于攀登，而攀登什么则是次要的问题。
2·Some argue that economists face greater ethical questions than those about financial conflicts of interest.
有人认为，经济学者面对的道德问题比利益冲突更严重。
3·Some economists argue that Thailand should simply have cut interest rates to stem capital inflows, making bonds less attractive to foreign investors.
某些经济学者认为泰国只需降息令到债券市场对海外资本吸引力降低就可以竭制资本流入。
4·Some economists worry that high unemployment is cutting the incomes of U.S. households, which will hurt the consumer spending that propels about 70 percent of the U.S. economy.
有些经济学者担心高失业率会导致家庭收入减少， 从而影响到美国的消费， 而美国经济大约70%都是靠消费推动的。
5·By then, mainstream academic economists had long ago lost faith in market rationality, at least in its purest form.
那个时候，主流学派的经济学者却在很久以前，就在市场理性中丢失了信仰，至少在其最纯正的构架内。