摘要
货币让我们来虚构一个世界,我们知道那里的每个人都是完全可以信赖的;人们在计算、记忆和识别他人的过程中不会产生任何成本;任何一笔交易——无论是此时此地的、穿梭时空的,还是含有不确定偶然因素的——都可以毫无成本地完成。在那个世界,人们通过口头约定就可以交易,不需要货币。
Money Imagine a world where everyone is known to be utterly trustworthy; where people don't incur any cost in computing, remembering, and recognizing people; and where every transaction -- whether here and now, or across time, space, and uncertain contingencies2 -- can be carried out costlessly.
出处
《大学英语》
2017年第11期29-35,共7页
College English