The economist J.K. Galbraith once wrote, "Faced with a choice between changing one's mind and proving there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy with the proof."

经济学家J.K.加尔布雷斯曾经写道：“当面对这样一个抉择，即改变自己的想法或证明没必要改变它时，几乎每个人都会忙于证明（没必要改变）。”

In an interview last year with The Economist, George Whitesides, chief executive of space-tourism firm Virgin Galactic, was placing his company in the latter category.

在去年接受《经济学人》采访时，太空旅游公司维珍银河的首席执行官乔治·怀特赛兹将他的公司归为后一类。

Here's what The Economist recommends.

以下是经济学家的建议。

The Economist would therefore vote no.

因此经济学家将投反对票。

From The Economist print edition.

摘自《经济学人》印刷版。

Here's hoping the Economist is among them.

这里希望，《经济学人》也在其中。

Patrick Foulis: banking editor, The economist.

帕特里克·弗里斯：《经济学人》银行版编辑。

Robert Guest is the business editor of the Economist.

罗伯特·盖斯特是《经济学人》的商业版编辑。

Pam Woodall: Asia economics editor, The Economist

Pam Woodall：《经济学人》亚洲经济学编辑

James Astill: South Asia correspondent, The economist.

詹姆斯·阿斯提尔系《经济学人》驻南亚记者。

More detail was expected as The Economist went to press.

《经济学家》将继续报道更多的细节。

The Economist puts more faith in business than most.

《经济学人》比其他大多数更加坚信商业。

Ludwig Siegele: technology correspondent, The economist.

路德维格•西格勒：《经济学人》技术记者。

Platform shoes are in again, or so The Economist is told.

松糕鞋又来了，或者说《经济学家》是这样听说的。

The Economist went to press before the G20 summit ended.

在20国峰会闭幕之前，《经济学人》杂志去了发布会。

The meeting was cancelled after The Economist went to press.

但在《经济学人》杂志付梓之际，会议被取消。

One of those pictures appeared on the cover of the Economist.

其中一张照片曾出现在《经济学人》的封面上。

Ever since, the Economist has been on the side of economic liberty.

从那时起，《经济学人》就站在了经济自由阵营一边。

Full disclosure: the editor of the Economist sometimes attends.

充分披露：《经济学人》编辑有时也会出席。

An analysis by the Economist tries to identify the hottest spots.

经济学人的一个分析师试图识别出最热的地方。

The Economist asks students about why they decided to take an MBA.

《经济学人》还问询了这些学生为何选择攻读MBA。

Even so, as the Economist went to press, the differences remained.

即使如此，经济学人杂志在付印时分歧仍在(还是保留了异见)。

As The Economist went to press, no group had claimed responsibility.

截至经济学人出版发行，还没有组织声称负责。

The Economist has not been able to verify the Gosaibis’ allegations.

《经济学人》尚未能核实戈萨比家族的指控。

The Economist has not been able to verify the Gosaibis' allegations.

《经济学人》尚未能核实戈萨比家族的指控。

She identified at least 200 forged signatures, The Economist has learned.

《经济学家》了解到她发现了至少200个伪造签名。

Later reports, as The Economist went to press, suggested he had died.

接着正如《经济学人》报道的，他已经死亡。

As the Economist went to press, the crisis in Mumbai was still unfolding.

本期经济学人付梓的时候，孟买危机仍在延续。

The Economist proved no better than anyone else at predicting this turnaround.

事实表明，在预测这次大翻身上，《经济学家》并不比其他人做得好。