• many interacting causes许多相互交织的因素
• a handful of一小撮
• amount to意味着
• eg:Between 2003 and 2009 (measurable) global reserves increased from $2.6 trillion to $6.8 trillion – an average annual rate of increase of about 15%, at a time when global GDP grew at an annual rate of 4.4%. **This amounted to a big increase in deflationary pressure.
• a tenable view靠谱的观点
• set a stage for 步入
  eg:instead run a “Keynesian” domestic policy which set the stage for an unsustainable asset and consumption boom.

-as one put it阐述，如X所说
-voluntary & compulsory自主选择&强制