Analysts say the Balkan country is struggling with its worst economic slump since independence in 1991, as consumption,investments and exports have tumbled.

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

The budget constraint is going to have a different slope to it and preferences will be different over this horizon between consumption then and consumption now.

预算约束线的斜率会有所不同,人们对即时消费和延期消费的偏好,也会有所不同

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No, if I'm saving this year my consumption would be less than my income, so my consumption might be here and I would then have more next year.

错了,如果我今年增加储蓄,我的消费就会少于收入,这里表示消费,明年我就会有更多的收入

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But a new study says, most continue to focus on consumption, And those values will have to change to avoid more environmental damage.

VOA: standard.2010.01.23

Equal justice, he tells us, requires equal taxation policy and he seems to be proposing a kind of consumption tax so that the rich, who consume more will have to pay their fair share.

再者，社会公平是建立在等同的税收政策上的,霍布斯还提议征收消费税,如此一来，富人就会因为消费得多，而缴纳相对公平的税收份额。

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