Education and values are the foundation of sound individual and, ultimately, collective choices. Without them, the incentives and policies that economists rightly argue are needed to increase energy efficiency, limit carbon emissions, economize on water usage, and much more will lack support and fail in the democratic decision-making process.
教育和价值是合理个人选择——最终是集体选择——的基石。经济学家所正确指出，要想增加能源效率、限制碳排放、节约水资源等目标，我们需要各种激励和政策，而没有教育和价值，这些激励和政策就得不到支持，在民主决策过程中流产。