39. In the Long Run
John Maynard Keynes had no patience with【1】 economic theorists who assumed that everything would work out in the long run. "This long run is a misleading guide to current affairs," he once remarked. "In the long run we are all dead."
Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from 【2】 any intellectual influences, Keynes once famously wrote, "are usually the slaves of some defunct 【3】 economist."
長(zhǎng)期而言
約翰·梅納德·凱恩斯對(duì)于那些認(rèn)為一切問題都會(huì)在長(zhǎng)期得到解決的理論經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家很不耐煩。“這種長(zhǎng)期的想法會(huì)把當(dāng)前的事務(wù)引入歧途。”他曾經(jīng)這么評(píng)論過。“長(zhǎng)期而言,我們都死了。”
“那些自認(rèn)為不會(huì)受智者影響的俗人常常成為某些已故經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家的思想奴隸。”凱恩斯曾寫下這樣一句名言。
背景知識(shí)與點(diǎn)評(píng)
·“長(zhǎng)期而言”是一句很實(shí)用的話,是經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家(也是政治家)的口頭禪。比如:長(zhǎng)期而言經(jīng)濟(jì)是增長(zhǎng)的,短期而言經(jīng)濟(jì)是波動(dòng)的;長(zhǎng)期而言股市是向上的,短期而言股市是反復(fù)的;長(zhǎng)期而言前途是光明的,短期而言道路是曲折的;長(zhǎng)期而言人生是幸福的,短期而言人生是痛苦的(某些宗教認(rèn)為活著是一種痛苦)。
·年輕時(shí)的凱恩斯是一名同性戀者,后來和俄國芭蕾舞演員結(jié)婚,但沒有子嗣。
英語知識(shí)鏈接
【1】 have no patience with:不能容忍
【2】 exempt from:使免除,免于
【3】 defunct:已故的;失效的