This is not just a question about short term needs, as important as those are. This is about ensuring that future generations don't pay a price too.

这不仅仅是一个短期需要的问题，同样重要的是，这也是关于确保不让未来的子孙后代也付出代价。

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Put another way, a hidden price of being happier on average is that you put your short-term contentment at risk, because being happy raises your expectations about being happy.

换而言之，对于普遍感到更加幸福而要付出的背后代价是你会让短期的满足感受到威胁，这是因为快乐会让你提高对感到快乐的期望值。

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I'm more comfortable with the outlook of our periodic columnist David Malpass--cautious optimism, tinged with concern about short-term price inflation.

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Along with activist hedge funds, many institutional investors have idolised short-term profits and share-price increases rather than engaging recalcitrant managers in discussions about corporate governance or executive pay.

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While Leeb is confident about the long-term outlook for energy prices, he will not set a specific short-term price target.

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