The Invisible Hand无形之手

首篇序:其实并不知道自己为什么要注册头条,不喜欢朋友圈分享生活,但是又想记录自己的学习历程。所以开了这个号,把每天的学习打卡以及听力进行记录。说不定某一天也会开始分享一些自己的经验和办公软件技巧等等。

今日作为第一篇文章,从60秒经济学开始吧。上面是我听着默写的(听好多遍),下面是根据视频原文重新写的。


60 seconds adventures of economics, number one: the invisible hand.

60 seconds adventures in Economics-Number one: The invisible hand.


Our economy is a tricky thing out of control, and governments are always trying to figure out how to do it.

An economy is a tricky thing to control, and governments are always trying to figure out how to do it.


Back in 1776, the economist Adam Smith shocked everyone by saying

Back in 1776 economist Adam Smith shocked everyone by saying that


what the government should actually do is just leave people alone to buy and sell freely among themselves.

What governments should actually do is just leave people alone to buy and sell freely among themselves.


He suggested that they say just leave self-interested traders to compete with one another.

He suggested that if they just leave self-interested traders to compete with one another,


Markets guided to positive develop comes as if by the invisible hand.

Markets are guided to positive outcomes 'as if by an invisible hand'.


If someone charges less than you, customers will buy from them instead, you have to low the price or offer something better.

If someone charges less than you, customers will buy from them instead so you have to lower the price or offer something better.


Whenever enough people demand something, they will be supplied by the market.

Wherever enough people demand something, they will be supplied by the market.


Likes boiled children, and in this case, everyone is happy.

Like spoilt children-only in this case, everyone's happy.


Later free marketers like Australian economist Fredric Hiak

Later free-marketeers like Austrian economist Friedrich Hayek,


Argued this hand of approach actually works better than any kind of central plan.

Argued that this 'hands off' approach actually works better than any kind of central plan.


But the problem is economies can take a long time to reach that equilibrium.

But the problem is ,economies can take a long time to reach their 'equilibrium'.


And may even store along the way and in the meantime, people can get a little frustrated.

And may even stall along the way. And in the meantime people can get a little frustrated.


Which is why governments usually end up taking things into that road more visible hand instead.

Which is why governments usually end up taking things into their own more visible hands instead.


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