To sum up: a system of conservation based solely on economic self-interest is hopelessly lopsided.

总而言之：一个完全基于经济利己主义的保护体系是不可救药的不平衡。

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The least you could have done would have been to invest the sum with the bankers, where at least I would have gotten a little interest.

至少你可以把这些钱放到银行里，至少还可以得到一些利息。

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On the one hand, huge deficits and debts—the sum of past deficits—mean some countries can no longer borrow at reasonable interest rates.

一方面，庞大的赤字与债务——过往赤字的总和——意味着一些国家不能继续以合理的利息进行借贷。

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Compound interest on this sum for 142 years has a massive effect.

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How much will your lump-sum pension value change if the interest rate used to calculate your lump-sum pension value changes?

FORBES: Expert View

"Hong Kong is still the major center, but this has gone beyond Asia, " said Augusto King, Royal Bank of Scotland's co-head of debt capital markets in Asia, talking about investors' interest in dim-sum bonds, also known as CNH bonds, where the "H" stands for Hong Kong.

WSJ: Dim Sum Bonds Get Western Flavor