Yet it is likely that one day we will know much more about how economies work – or fail to work – by understanding better the physical structures that underlie brain functioning. Those structures – networks of neurons that communicate with each other via axons and dendrites – underlie the familiar analogy of the brain to a computer – networks of transistors that communicate with each other via electric wires.
但是，终有一天，我们将通过更好地理解大脑功能的生理结构基础来更好地了解经济如何起作用（或如何未起作用）。这些大脑结构是将大脑比作计算机的基础——前者是通过轴突和树突相互交流的神经元网络，后者是通过电路相互联系的晶体管网络。经济将成为新的类比——通过电子和其他通信手段相互联系的人际网络。