钝器包括强制合并：乱糟糟，但往往有效。

At the blunt end are forced mergers: messy, but often effective.

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但这一认同并不能掩盖这一事实，即做此类事情市场往往比政客更有效率。

But this acknowledgment cannot obscure the fact that markets do these things more efficiently and effectively than politicians do.

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虽然隔离在防止疾病在公众中传播通常很有效，但这种方法往往是一种不近人情的手段，而且通常会被滥用或误用。

But though quarantines were frequently effective in protecting the public from the spread of illness, they can be a blunt instrument, and have often been abused or misapplied.

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