But even when politicians say they're beefing up infrastructure, it rarely helps the poorest Indians.

但即使当政客们说他们增强基础建设，这很难帮助到最穷的印度人。

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This stance infuriates both the EU and the IMF, who worry that if Greece's fractious politicians cannot unite even when bankruptcy threatens, then they have little chance of avoiding that fate.

这一姿态触怒了欧盟和国际货币基金组织，两者担心，如果破产也无法让倔强的希腊政客们团结起来的话，他们将几乎没有机会避免未来的命运。

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It is always tempting for politicians to throw up new trade barriers when jobs and wages are at risk, even if such a response, though individually appealing, is collectively futile.

政客们往往采用增添贸易壁垒的方法，来处理失业和工资问题。单项壁垒貌似有效，但总体看来却是做无用功。

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The real worry is that even when politicians in Europe and America decide they will take the difficult steps that the IMF and the markets are asking them to take, the current state of their political institutions simply won't make it possible for them to do it.

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We have a trade surplus selling shares in our companies, even though politicians rarely use that figure when talking about trade.

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