The success of mainstream economics in spite of its defects is a tribute to the staying power of a theoretical underpinning, since mainstream economics is certainly strong on theory if weak on facts.

• 抛开其种种缺陷不说，如果说主流经济学在事实上是虚弱的而理论是强有力的，那么它的成功在于保持了理论基础的力量。