These debts were incurred, not to pay for public programs, but by private wheeler-dealers seeking nothing but their own profit.

这些债务并非公共项目支出，而是由于私营企业的精明人追求他们自己的利润引致的。

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But there are only a few hundred such wheeler-dealers. And they keep their wealth in Chinese yuan, dollars or yen.

但这样的富豪只有几百个而已，而且他们持有的是人民币、美元或日元。

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"The Hollywood Economist" is full of tales of resourceful wheeler-dealers who are adept at exploiting tax breaks and fleecing outside investors.

这本《好莱坞经济学人》充满了大量的利益追逐者传奇故事，他们擅长利用税收优惠并敲投资人的竹杠。

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But for others the internet and the dotcom revolution has not meant instant wealth but a rather painful lesson in the harsh world of financial wheeler dealers.

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The wheeler-dealers and quasi-wildcatters who pioneered the field have been replaced by engineers talking efficiency and managers describing manufacturing processes.

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So far, there have been fewer sales to foreigners than to local wheeler-dealers who arrange management buy-outs for their friends at big discounts.

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