After a shaky start when cash from gulf countries ran dry , the pa is injecting funds from western and arab aid-givers to revive dormant charities in its thrall .
It was keynes who noted that " even the most practical man of affairs is usually in the thrall of the ideas of some long-dead economist " .
凯恩斯曾指出,“即使最现实的实干家,也往往会被某些早已过世的经济学家的观点所束缚。”
There is no sure defence against bad ideas , but one place to start is with a well-educated and sceptical citizenry that is free to listen to the notions of the intellectuals but is not in thrall to them-and , yes , may prefer the sports channel instead .
Indeed , it might be argued that a better understanding of humanity can help direct efforts to counteract those propensities viewed as detrimental or undesirable , thus ensuring people are less , rather than more , in thrall to their biology .
For the past two years most policy makers in europe and many politicians and pundits in america have been in thrall to a destructive economic doctrine .
过去两年来,欧洲的大部分决策者和许多美国政客及学者一直受到一种破坏性经济教条的奴役。
He is clearly in thrall to the technology and keen to demonstrate its wonders .
他显然被技术所束缚,却又热切地向公众展示着它所带来的奇迹。
Today the long-dead economist is keynes , and it is professors of economics , not practical men , who are in thrall to his ideas .