The research of Till Von Wachter, the economist at Columbia University, suggests that not all people graduating into a recession see their life chances dimmed: those with degrees from elite universities catch up fairly quickly to where they otherwise would have been if they had graduated in better times; it is the masses beneath them that are left behind.
哥伦比亚大学的经济学家蒂尔·冯·瓦赫特的研究表明，并非所有在经济衰退期间毕业的人都会看到自己人生机会的减少：那些毕业于顶尖大学的人很快就能赶上原本在经济状况更好的时期毕业所应达到的水平；而他们之下的人群则被远远甩在后面。
There is one and only one social responsibility of business," wrote Milton Friedman, a Nobel prize-winning economist, "That is, to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits.
诺贝尔奖获得者经济学家米尔顿·弗里德曼写道："企业唯一且绝对的社会责任，就是利用其资源并从事旨在增加其利润的活动。"
Short-termism" or the desire for quick profits, has worsened in publicly traded companies, says the Bank of England's top economist, Andrew Haldane.
英国央行首席经济学家安德鲁·哈尔丹表示，"短期主义"或追求快速盈利的欲望，在上市公司中变得更加严重。
In fact, poverty alleviation and environmental protection are often viewed as conflicting goals, says Paul Ferraro, an economist at Johns Hopkins University.
约翰霍普金斯大学的经济学家保罗·费拉罗表示，实际上，扶贫与环境保护往往被视为相互冲突的目标。
The price of nails fell by 90% between the late 1700s and mid-1900s, as economist Daniel Sichel points out in a research paper.
如经济学家丹尼尔·西格尔在一篇研究论文中所指出的那样，钉子的价格在18世纪末到19世纪中期之间下降了90%。
例句取自历年考研英语真题，翻译为机器生成，仅供学习参考。