Quite simply: to maximise the range of opportunities open to each individual. And I see the task of policy largely in negative terms: to remove obstacles to the exercise of individual choice rather than lots of fussy interventions on our behalf.

• 很简单：使每个个体能得到的机会大大增加，而我在很大程度上把政策方针看得很消极：要帮助去掉实现个人选择时的障碍物，而不是代表我们进行一大堆繁琐的干涉。