1·Now, policymakers must decide whether to act on the evidence or to avoid facing one of the most crucial issues of our generation.
现在，决策人必须决定是否按照证据行事，或避免面对我们这一代人最重要的问题之一。
2·In their response to the sovereign-debt crisis, Europe's policymakers have tended to favour the peashooter.
在对主权债务危机的回应中，欧洲的决策人更倾向于喜欢玩具枪。
3·Nevertheless, many policymakers seem to think that some curbs on competition may be a price worth paying to improve stability.
然而一些决策人似乎认为对竞争的一些限制可能是为改善稳定所支出的一笔值得的花费。
4·There was good reason to think that the economy might have grown at 4% this year, but actual performance is largely governed by two big factors: what shocks occur and how policymakers respond to them.
我们有理由相信今年的经济可能增长4%，但是实际的表现还要看两个主要因素：会产生什么样的震动和决策人如何应对。
5·Unfortunately, today’s policymakers often see these two strategies as alternatives rather than complements.
不幸的是，现今的决策人往往只看到这两种方法的其中一种，看不到它们的互补性。