While the practice carries serious health risks for many, those dangers are outweighed by the social and economic gains for poor urban farmers and consumers who need affordable food.

虽然这种做法给许多人带来了严重的健康风险，但对于需要便宜食品的贫穷城镇农民和消费者们来说，比起这些风险，他们所获得的社会和经济利益更有价值。

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Clearly, at the top of the economic cycle, consumers will be so desperate to get their hands on raw materials that they will pay well over the cost of production.

很清楚，在经济周期的顶部，消费者是如此难于得到原材料，以致他们宁愿支付高于生产成本的价格。

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In 2005, he economic models assume consumers will make careful calculations about their mortgages.

2005年，他的经济模型假设消费者将他们的抵押贷款精打细算。

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Geithner said that one of the most tragic elements of the economic crisis has been the lack of protections for taxpayers and consumers.

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"We have got to find new models of economic growth, particularly at a time when consumers are just not going to be spending as much as they were, and that had been driving a lot of economic growth over the last several months,"

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The premium Marlboro brand has been under pressure from competitors and lower-priced cigarette brands as consumers face economic pressure and high unemployment.

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Whether the problems were rising interest rates that affected their sales, or bursting bubbles that scared consumers, economic slowdowns usually began with problems in the housing and auto industries, and the first signs of recovery were usually seen in the same two industries.

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Brand continues to pull at the heartstrings of consumers after the economic free-fall of 2008, when only 8% of consumers said they cared all that much about brands.

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