To explain why, let me answer a rhetorical question posed by Professor John Taylor of Stanford University in a recent op-ed article in The Wall Street Journal.

为了解释其中的理由，我先回答斯坦福大学教授约翰·泰勒最近在《华尔街日报》发表的一篇文章中提出的一个反问。

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John Taylor, a Stanford University professor and author of the "Taylor Rule" for setting interest rates, argued that the Fed had erred by keeping rates too low for too long.

斯坦福大学教授，利率制定的“泰勒法则”的创造者约翰·泰勒指出，美联储在过长的时间里维持过低的利率，此举大错特错。

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Jonathan Taylor and Joseph Kalt of Harvard University have shown that the tribes that go in for gambling often began poor, even by Indian standards.

哈佛大学的约翰逊·泰勒和约瑟夫·卡特证实印地安部落之所以从事博彩业源自贫穷，即使按照印地安人的标准业算得上得贫穷。

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Chip Taylor is director of the monarch Watch program at the University of Kansas.

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Researchers at Clemson University in South Carolina and Taylor University in Indiana earlier this year analyzed records of bird sightings dating to 1880 and discovered that ruby-throated hummingbirds are migrating to North America as many as 18 days earlier than decades ago.

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One way to answer this is to consult the Taylor rule, devised by John Taylor of Stanford University.

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Taylor left Washington University (without a degree) to join the Navy, and served as a fighter pilot during World War II.

FORBES: Jack Taylor & family