Its purpose is not simply contemplation its purpose is not reflection alone: it is advice giving.

其目的不只是单纯的沈思,也不只是表述：,而是提供建言。

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His works seem less theoretical constructing abstract models of political life than advice-giving, in the sense of serving as a sort of civic-minded arbiter of public disputes.

他的著作较不偏向理论,建构政治生活的抽象模型看来,反而较像是提供建言，功能像是一种公益型的裁决,旨在处理公共争端。

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According to Modigliani and Miller, if you add taxes to their debt irrelevance proposition, it means that companies will want to borrow a lot and the real advice they would be giving to Bill Gates is: what's the matter with you? Why aren't you borrowing money?

根据MM理论,如果在负债不相关理论中加入税负因素,就意味着公司愿意大量负债,他们会给比尔·盖茨一个建议,你脑子有问题吗,为什么不借钱

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