So many essential institutions depend on the ability of citizens to think for themselves, to resist the latest trend or bubble.

那么多重要的机构有赖于公民独立思考的能力，有赖于他们抗拒最新潮流或泡沫的能力。

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Adjusted for inflation, prices are close to their long-term trend after the bubble years of the 1990s and the first years of the 2000s.

调整通胀后的房价向1990年代泡沫年份之后及2000年代的最初几年之后的长期趋势靠拢。

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McKinsey makes the striking claim that "the ratio of UK household debt to disposable income would not return to its pre-bubble trend for up to a decade" - which implies that as we in the UK look for a return to more normal levels of economic growth, momentum is not going to be provided by consumer spending for perhaps up to 10 years.

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Blitzstein expects, however, to see a slowing of growth rather than a burst bubble in part because the trend isn't dependent on one industry, but on an entire economy seeing the value in data.

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While it is difficult to estimate how much of an impact this trend has had on the first-quarter trade balance, it is an important trend to watch since it suggests bubble activity.

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