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(1). Finance and Economics;Free exchange;The real wealth of nations;
财经；自由交流；国富实论；
(2). A new report comes up with a better way to size up wealth
新报告，新思路，衡量真财富。
(3). 1: “Wealth is not without its advantages,” John Kenneth Galbraith once wrote, “and the case to the contrary, although it has often been made, has never proved widely persuasive.”
2: Despite the obvious advantages of wealth, nations do a poor job of keeping count of their own.
3: They may boast about their abundant natural resources, their skilled workforce and their world-class infrastructure.
4: But there is no widely recognised, monetary measure that sums up this stock of natural, human and physical assets.
2: Despite the obvious advantages of wealth, nations do a poor job of keeping count of their own.
3: They may boast about their abundant natural resources, their skilled workforce and their world-class infrastructure.
4: But there is no widely recognised, monetary measure that sums up this stock of natural, human and physical assets.
1:约翰·肯尼斯·加尔布雷恩曾经写道：“尽管事实反复证明财富并非一无是处，而其劣势没人说地明白，其优势谁又真正知道呢。”
2:即便财富优势清晰可辨，然而各个国家在清点财富时，却总做着一笔“糊涂账”。
3:他们也许会骄傲地宣称，我国自然资源丰富，劳动力技术娴熟并且基础设施世界一流。
4:但是，我们却没有一个一致认可的货币量度来总括这些自然，人力和实物资产。
2:即便财富优势清晰可辨，然而各个国家在清点财富时，却总做着一笔“糊涂账”。
3:他们也许会骄傲地宣称，我国自然资源丰富，劳动力技术娴熟并且基础设施世界一流。
4:但是，我们却没有一个一致认可的货币量度来总括这些自然，人力和实物资产。
(4). 1:Economists usually settle instead for GDP.
2:But that is a measure of income, not wealth.
3:It values a flow of goods and services, not a stock of assets.
4:Gauging an economy by its GDP is like judging a company by its quarterly profits, without ever peeking at its balance-sheet.
5:Happily, the United Nations this month published balance-sheets for 20 nations in a report overseen by Sir Partha Dasgupta of Cambridge University.
2:But that is a measure of income, not wealth.
3:It values a flow of goods and services, not a stock of assets.
4:Gauging an economy by its GDP is like judging a company by its quarterly profits, without ever peeking at its balance-sheet.
5:Happily, the United Nations this month published balance-sheets for 20 nations in a report overseen by Sir Partha Dasgupta of Cambridge University.
1:经济学家总是用国内生产总值（GDP）来解决问题。
2:但是国内生产总值（GDP） 是衡量一个国家收入的指标，并非资本。
3:它体现了商品和服务的流量，而不是资本的存量（经济学白痴，越来越觉得译友说地有道理！）。
4:使用国内生产总值（GDP）衡量一个经济体， 恰如，从不往资产负债表（财务会计上就叫这个）上扫一眼，却以季度盈利来判断一家企业的走向一样。
5:值得庆幸的是，本月联合国在剑桥大学帕萨·达斯古普塔爵士的监督下，发表了20个国 家的资本决算报告，包含“制造”或物质资本（机器，建筑，基础设施等），人力资本（国民的受教育情况和劳动技能），自然资本（土地，森林，化石燃料和矿 产）。
2:但是国内生产总值（GDP） 是衡量一个国家收入的指标，并非资本。
3:它体现了商品和服务的流量，而不是资本的存量（经济学白痴，越来越觉得译友说地有道理！）。
4:使用国内生产总值（GDP）衡量一个经济体， 恰如，从不往资产负债表（财务会计上就叫这个）上扫一眼，却以季度盈利来判断一家企业的走向一样。
5:值得庆幸的是，本月联合国在剑桥大学帕萨·达斯古普塔爵士的监督下，发表了20个国 家的资本决算报告，包含“制造”或物质资本（机器，建筑，基础设施等），人力资本（国民的受教育情况和劳动技能），自然资本（土地，森林，化石燃料和矿 产）。
(5). 1: By this gauge, America’s wealth amounted to almost $118 trillion in 2008, over ten times its GDP that year. (These amounts are calculated at the prices prevailing in 2000.)
2: Its wealth per person was, however, lower than Japan’s, which tops the league on this measure.
3: Judged by GDP, Japan’s economy is now smaller than China’s.
4: But according to the UN, Japan was almost 2.8 times wealthier than China in 2008 (see charts).
2: Its wealth per person was, however, lower than Japan’s, which tops the league on this measure.
3: Judged by GDP, Japan’s economy is now smaller than China’s.
4: But according to the UN, Japan was almost 2.8 times wealthier than China in 2008 (see charts).
1:根据该指标，2008年，美国的财富总额近118万亿美元，是其当年国内生产总值（GDP）的十倍多（这些数据根据2000年市场价计算得来。）。
2:然而，其人均财富却低于日本，后者在这项指标中独占鳌头。
3:仅以国内生产总值（GDP）衡量，日本的经济规模比中国小。
4:但是，根据联合国的报告，在2008年，日本的财富几乎是中国的2.8倍（见图表）。
2:然而，其人均财富却低于日本，后者在这项指标中独占鳌头。
3:仅以国内生产总值（GDP）衡量，日本的经济规模比中国小。
4:但是，根据联合国的报告，在2008年，日本的财富几乎是中国的2.8倍（见图表）。
(6). 1: Officials often say that their country’s biggest asset is their people.
2: For all of the countries in the report except Nigeria, Russia and Saudi Arabia, this turns out to be true.
3: The UN calculates a population’s human capital based on its average years of schooling, the wage its workers can command and the number of years they can expect to work before they retire (or die).
4: Human capital represents 88% of Britain’s wealth and 75% of America’s. The average Japanese has more human capital than anyone else.
2: For all of the countries in the report except Nigeria, Russia and Saudi Arabia, this turns out to be true.
3: The UN calculates a population’s human capital based on its average years of schooling, the wage its workers can command and the number of years they can expect to work before they retire (or die).
4: Human capital represents 88% of Britain’s wealth and 75% of America’s. The average Japanese has more human capital than anyone else.
1:官员们经常说人民是国家最大的财富。
2:除尼日利亚，俄罗斯和沙特阿拉伯外，该报告中的其他国家均证明了此言非虚。
3: 根据 一国国民平均受教育年限，工人应得工资和该国国民退休（或去世）前的工作年数，联合国计算出了该国的人力资本。
4: 人力资本占英国财富的88%，美国的 75%。而日本人均蕴藏的人力资本比任何其他国家都要高。
2:除尼日利亚，俄罗斯和沙特阿拉伯外，该报告中的其他国家均证明了此言非虚。
3: 根据 一国国民平均受教育年限，工人应得工资和该国国民退休（或去世）前的工作年数，联合国计算出了该国的人力资本。
4: 人力资本占英国财富的88%，美国的 75%。而日本人均蕴藏的人力资本比任何其他国家都要高。
(7). 1: Japan is also one of only three countries in the report that did not deplete their natural capital between 1990 and 2008.
2: All of the countries except Russia nonetheless increased their wealth, accumulating enough other assets to offset the erosion of their natural patrimony.
3: In 14 of the 20 countries studied, these increases in wealth outpaced the growth of their population, leaving per-person wealth higher in 2008 than in 1990.
4: Germany, for example, increased its human capital by over 50%. China expanded its “manufactured” capital by an extraordinary 540%.
2: All of the countries except Russia nonetheless increased their wealth, accumulating enough other assets to offset the erosion of their natural patrimony.
3: In 14 of the 20 countries studied, these increases in wealth outpaced the growth of their population, leaving per-person wealth higher in 2008 than in 1990.
4: Germany, for example, increased its human capital by over 50%. China expanded its “manufactured” capital by an extraordinary 540%.
1: 该报告中，仅有三个国家在1990— 2008年间，没有损耗自然资本，日本也位列其一。
2:尽管如此，除俄罗斯外，其他国家的财富均有增加，因为人力和物质资本的积累抵消了自然资本损耗所带来的损失。
3:在调研的20个国家中，14个国家的财富增长速度超过人口增速，使得2008年的人均财富高于1990年。
4:比如说，德国的人力资本增长了50%多。中国的“制造”资本神一样地增长了540%。
2:尽管如此，除俄罗斯外，其他国家的财富均有增加，因为人力和物质资本的积累抵消了自然资本损耗所带来的损失。
3:在调研的20个国家中，14个国家的财富增长速度超过人口增速，使得2008年的人均财富高于1990年。
4:比如说，德国的人力资本增长了50%多。中国的“制造”资本神一样地增长了540%。
(8). 1: A country like Saudi Arabia, for example, depleted its stock of fossil fuels by $37 billion between 1990 and 2008, while adding to its stock of school-leavers and university graduates (its human capital grew by almost $1 trillion).
2: In some richer countries, however, investments in human capital appear to have hit diminishing returns, the report argues. Perhaps governments should redirect their investment into natural capital instead, restocking their forests rather than their libraries.
2: In some richer countries, however, investments in human capital appear to have hit diminishing returns, the report argues. Perhaps governments should redirect their investment into natural capital instead, restocking their forests rather than their libraries.
1: 比如，沙特阿拉伯，在1990——2008年间，虽然损耗了 370亿美元的化石燃料，但高中和大学毕业生的人数大大增加（人力资本增长了近1万亿美元）。
2:报告指出，在一些更富裕的国家，人力资本的投资收益却日渐萎缩，也许这部分国家应再度投资自然资产，重新“武装”森林，而不是图书馆。
2:报告指出，在一些更富裕的国家，人力资本的投资收益却日渐萎缩，也许这部分国家应再度投资自然资产，重新“武装”森林，而不是图书馆。
(9). 1:The idea that natural assets are substitutable makes some environmentalists (including some contributors to the report) nervous.
2:Many of the services the environment provides, like clean water and air, are irreplaceable necessities, they point out.
3:In theory, however, the undoubted value of these natural treasures should be reflected in their price, which should rise steeply as they become more scarce.
4:A good asset manager will then husband them carefully, knowing that it will take an ever-increasing amount of human or physical capital to make up for further losses of the natural kind.
2:Many of the services the environment provides, like clean water and air, are irreplaceable necessities, they point out.
3:In theory, however, the undoubted value of these natural treasures should be reflected in their price, which should rise steeply as they become more scarce.
4:A good asset manager will then husband them carefully, knowing that it will take an ever-increasing amount of human or physical capital to make up for further losses of the natural kind.
1:“自 然资产可替代论”让一些环保主义者（包括参与报告的人）不由捏一把冷汗。
2:他们指出，自然所给予人类的供养，如洁净的水和空气是无法替代的必需品。
3:然而，理 论上，这些自然财富不容置疑的价值应该通过价格体现出来，而价格会随着它们的稀缺而水涨船高。
4:一位资深的资产管理人会谨慎使用这些资产，因为他知道自然资 本的空洞将变本加厉地吸取人力资本或物质资本。
2:他们指出，自然所给予人类的供养，如洁净的水和空气是无法替代的必需品。
3:然而，理 论上，这些自然财富不容置疑的价值应该通过价格体现出来，而价格会随着它们的稀缺而水涨船高。
4:一位资深的资产管理人会谨慎使用这些资产，因为他知道自然资 本的空洞将变本加厉地吸取人力资本或物质资本。
(10). 1: In practice, however, natural assets are often hard to price well or at all.
2: As a consequence, the UN report has to steer clear of assets like clean air that cannot be directly owned, bought or sold. It confines itself to resources like gas, nickel and timber, for which market prices exist.
3: But even these market prices may not reflect a commodity’s true social value.
4: Beekeeping is one example beloved by economic theorists. Bees create honey, which can be sold on the market. But they also pollinate nearby apple trees, a useful service that is not purchased or priced.
2: As a consequence, the UN report has to steer clear of assets like clean air that cannot be directly owned, bought or sold. It confines itself to resources like gas, nickel and timber, for which market prices exist.
3: But even these market prices may not reflect a commodity’s true social value.
4: Beekeeping is one example beloved by economic theorists. Bees create honey, which can be sold on the market. But they also pollinate nearby apple trees, a useful service that is not purchased or priced.
1:但是，实际上，我们很难或根本无法给自然资产标上合适的价格。
2:联合国的报告中避开了像洁净空气这样无法直接拥有和买卖的自然资产，而只计算可以用市场价表示的自然资产，如天然气，镍和木材。
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2:联合国的报告中避开了像洁净空气这样无法直接拥有和买卖的自然资产，而只计算可以用市场价表示的自然资产，如天然气，镍和木材。
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(11). 1:No one is more aware of these limitations than the report’s authors.
2:Their estimates are illustrative, not definitive, says Sir Partha.
3:The calculations are inevitably crude, just as the first guesstimates of GDP were crude over 70 years ago.
4:He hopes more economists will do the hard but valuable work of pricing the seemingly priceless.
5:The profession does not really reward this work, says Sir Partha.
6:But some economists do it anyway.
7:Taylor Ricketts of the University of Vermont and his co-authors have even calculated the value of pollination, showing that one Costa Rican coffee-grower benefited by $62,000 a year from the feral honey bees in two nearby patches of forest.
2:Their estimates are illustrative, not definitive, says Sir Partha.
3:The calculations are inevitably crude, just as the first guesstimates of GDP were crude over 70 years ago.
4:He hopes more economists will do the hard but valuable work of pricing the seemingly priceless.
5:The profession does not really reward this work, says Sir Partha.
6:But some economists do it anyway.
7:Taylor Ricketts of the University of Vermont and his co-authors have even calculated the value of pollination, showing that one Costa Rican coffee-grower benefited by $62,000 a year from the feral honey bees in two nearby patches of forest.
1:没有谁比该报告的作者更清楚它的局限性。
2:帕特爵士说：“他们的估算是对现有资本的补充性解释，并不是最 佳版本。
3:”报告的结果不免有不准确的地方，正如70多年前人们第一次约摸着估算GDP（....(please sign in for more)
2:帕特爵士说：“他们的估算是对现有资本的补充性解释，并不是最 佳版本。
3:”报告的结果不免有不准确的地方，正如70多年前人们第一次约摸着估算GDP（....(please sign in for more)
(12). 1: Now that economists have shown that such wealth can be measured, they must decide what it should be called.
2: In his earlier academic work Sir Partha calls it “comprehensive wealth”.
3: The UN report dubs it “inclusive wealth”.
4: If the notion catches on, neither name may be needed. “Pretty soon,” says Sir Partha, “we ought to drop both adjectives and just call it wealth’.”
2: In his earlier academic work Sir Partha calls it “comprehensive wealth”.
3: The UN report dubs it “inclusive wealth”.
4: If the notion catches on, neither name may be needed. “Pretty soon,” says Sir Partha, “we ought to drop both adjectives and just call it wealth’.”
1:既然经济学家已经证明自然财富可以计算，那他们必须为它取个名字。
2:在其早前的学术专著中帕特爵士曾称它为“全部财富”。
3:联合国的报告中则叫它“天地财富”。
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2:在其早前的学术专著中帕特爵士曾称它为“全部财富”。
3:联合国的报告中则叫它“天地财富”。
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