Fairness gives the majority permission to support policies needed to fix the mess, but which will impose real pain on some.

公正使大部分人拥护用以重振经济的必要政策，但是那也会给一些人带来真正的伤害。

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But he may now decide that, given Russia's big oil revenues, he can do without further mess and pain.

ECONOMIST: The shock of the old

Put in the unfortunate position of cleaning up the post-windfall mess, Mr Bloomberg's first instinct was to minimise the pain.

ECONOMIST: New York city