自从撒切尔主义形成后，保守党从未怀疑过人类理性在塑造其行为过程中的正面力量，因此导致了他们对市场的盲目信赖。

Since the advent of Thatcherism, Tories had not questioned the power of rational incentives to shape human behaviour; hence their implicit trust in the market.

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与此同时，变化引来了层出不穷的有趣现象：在英国，信奉重商主义的保守党已经转而崇尚绿色环保；阿尔•戈尔在美国东山再起；混合动力车也日益走俏。

There are plenty of anecdotal signs of change: Britain's pro-business Tories have turned green; Al Gore is back in fashion in America; hybrid cars no longer get stared at.

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与之极为相似，果敢地表达自己的疑欧主义观点，这成了很多保守党议员人生的一个重大跨越。 但本周保守党的古怪行为，即使按照他们自己的标准，也算得上自我放任过度：这些做法可以说漫无目标、生编硬造而且充满风险。

But even by the Tory party’s standards, this week’s antics were staggeringly self-indulgent: pointless, confected—and dangerous.

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