“We can no longer afford broken-window budgeting, ” he said.

他说：“我们再也负担不起烂窗户似的预算行为。”

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The police gained access through a broken window.

警察从一扇破窗户里钻了进去。

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Instead, we mostly content ourselves with grudging and sardonic references to the silly side of gentrification, along with a few all-purpose explanations, like broken-window policing.

NEWYORKER: The Caging of America

His basic principle was the broken-window theory: If you don't fix one window in the building, another will be broken and then another, and eventually the whole block will be lost.

FORBES: Right Man for Our Times

To explain this in easy-to-understand terms, Bastiat referenced a broken window.

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