Many years ago I tried to explain this by considering a hypothetical world of perfectly flexible prices and a fixed money supply.

多年以前我曾以一种完全价格弹性和固定货币供给的假想世界模型对此做过解释。

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I spent three years writing this story, during which time I passed its hypothetical world through myself as a simulation. The chaos is still there - in full measure.

我花费了3年时间来写这个故事，我通过模拟一个假想的世界来度过那段时间，而混乱始终在那里——全副武装地。

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But in reality, it would be foolish for me to act like this, at least if my neighbors in this hypothetical scenario were anything like my actual neighbors in the real world.

但是在现实中，我这样做会是极为愚蠢的，至少在这个假设的场景里如果我的邻居和现实中的实际邻居一样的话。

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This hypothetical example highlights valuable real world lessons.

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