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[转自寻正邮件090724] One of the worst results of the retention of the Keynesian myths is that it not only promotes greater and greater inflation, but that it systematically diverts attention from the real causes of our unemployment, such as excessive union … 继续阅读 →

[转自寻正邮件090724] It is the science of tracing the effects of some proposed or existing policy not only on some special interest in the short run, but on the general interest in the long run. 它研究的是某些现行政策或者政策建议的后果，不仅仅限于比较短的时期某些特殊利益集团，而且是在长期内对整体的后果。 This is the lesson that … 继续阅读 →

[转自寻正邮件090724] From time immemorial proverbial wisdom has taught the virtues of saving, and warned against the consequences of prodigality and waste. This proverbial wisdom has reflected the common ethical as well as the merely prudential judgments of mankind. 远古先哲就在诵赞储蓄是一种美德，而警告挥霍浪费带来的种种恶果。这个古老的智慧，反映了我们常识性的道德判断，以及人类未雨绸缪的明智抉择。 The … 继续阅读 →

[转自寻正邮件090724] The Mirage of Inflation 第23章 通货膨胀的幻景 The most obvious and yet the oldest and most stubborn error on which the appeal of inflation rests is that of confusing “money” with wealth. “That wealth consists in money, or in gold … 继续阅读 →

[转自寻正邮件090724]  The indignation shown by many people today at the mention of the very word profits indicates how little understanding there is of the vital function that profits play in our economy. 每当提到利润这个词，很多人所表现出来的愤慨表明了对利润在经济中所起的致关重要的功能的理解是多么的缺乏。 Profits actually do not bulk large in … 继续阅读 →

[转自寻正邮件090723]  Amateur writers on economics are always asking for “just” prices and “just” wages. These nebulous conceptions of economic justice come down to us from medieval times. The classical economists worked out instead, a different concept—the concept of functional prices … 继续阅读 →

[转自寻正邮件090722]  The belief that labor unions can substantially raise real wages over the long run and for the whole working population is one of the great delusions of the present age. 相信工会可以在长期内从根本上提高整个工业人口的实际工资，这种想法是当今时代重大的妄想之一。 This delusion is mainly the result of failure … 继续阅读 →

[转自寻正邮件090722] Thinking has become so emotional and so politically biased on the subject of wages that in most discussions of them the plainest principles are ignored. People who would be among the first to deny that prosperity could be brought … 继续阅读 →

[转自寻正邮件090722]  In addition, they, or those with capital from other sources, may fear that the government may at any time find an excuse for imposing rent controls even on the new buildings. And it often does. 此外，他们或其他具有资金来源的人们有钱也不敢投，因为担心政府随时另找借口，突然对新房屋实施房租管制。引事常有发生。 A common next … 继续阅读 →

[转自寻正邮件090625] Government Price-Fixing 政府价格管制    It is the wartime inflation that mainly causes the pressure for price-fixing. At the time of writing, when practically every country is inflating, though most of them are at peace, price controls are always hinted … 继续阅读 →