The application of economic tools to questions in other disciplines is not new.

将经济学工具应用于别的学科的问题不是新东西。

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It was there that, in the 1950s, Gary Becker first used economic tools to understand the behaviour of the family.

正是加里·贝克尔(Gary Becker)于1950年代首先在芝加哥大学利用经济学工具解释家庭行为。

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While using laws and policies as our traditional tools to proceed with environment management, now the economic tools has been widely employed in many countries.

在运用传统的法律和行政手段进行环境管理的同时，经济手段已被广泛利用。

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They said they will employ all available tools to promote economic recovery.

VOA: standard.2009.03.18

"If we are serious about confronting the Islamic Republic of Iran, we have got to use all of the economic and diplomatic tools at our disposal to focus pressure on that country and its leadership to cause them to stop pursuing their plans to become a nuclear power,"

VOA: standard.2009.05.20

"Trade sanctions are only one of the economic tools at our disposal, " the report said.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

Nevertheless, the answer does not lie solely in well-functioning markets and the proper application of economic tools.

ECONOMIST: Intelligent communication

Restricting odious foreign organizations from raising money from US sources or forbidding US companies from doing business with state sponsors of terrorism are two currently used economic tools.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: The Economic Element of National Power