Likewise, almost two-thirds would be happier making less money and living close to their friends, rather than more money in a city of strangers.

同样的，三分之二的人觉得和朋友住的更近即使赚更少的钱也比赚更多的钱却与陌生人为邻更快乐。

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At the same time, companies have discovered the limits of frugality: cutting prices and building big customer bases may sometimes lose them money, rather than making it.

同时，公司发现了节俭带来的限制：降价和建立大规模客户群有时会带来损失而不是赚钱。

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These are very lofty goals but if carried out, Recycled Island would turn the trash into a money making enterprise rather than an economic sink hole.

这些都是很高远的目标，一旦实现，再生岛就能变废为宝，财源滚滚，而不会变成一个资金黑洞。

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Which is why we do it by QE rather than just making new money and spending it.

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Japanese banks have long fixed their attention on being big and important rather than on actually making money.

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"When you start making money rather than to try to complete the project, that's when, to me, it's going off in the wrong direction, " Big Crow said in the Voice of America interview.

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