Consumer theoryis to demand as producer theory is to supply.

消费者理论之于需求如同生产者理论之于供给。

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That is, consumer theory isbased on the premise that we can infer what people like from the choices theymake.

也就是说，消费者理论基于一种假设，假设我们能够推断出人们从他们的选择中得到什么好处。

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That is, consumer theory isbased on the premise that we can infer what people like from the choices they make.

也就是说生产理论建立在这样的前提下，即我们可以通过人们的选择来间接衡量人们的喜好。

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