Sentences with phrase «by economic arguments»

Of course, not all legislators are moved by the economic arguments.

(See, for example, Ethical Issues Entailed By Economic Arguments Against Climate Change Policies, The original organizations that sought to undermine public support on climate policies by exaggerating scientific uncertainty have expanded to include ideological think tanks, front groups, Astroturf groups (i.e., groups organized by industry that pretend to be a legitimate grassroots organization), and PR firm led campaigns.

Pollsters believed the remaining undecided voters are most affected by economic arguments.

Not exact matches

Part of Sessions» argument in favor of rescinding the program was economic; he said it had adversely impacted native born Americans «It also denied jobs to hundreds of thousands of Americans by allowing those same jobs to go to illegal aliens,» he said.

The Trump Administration counters that critique by saying that these cuts will be deficit neutral, with individuals enjoying economic growth stemming from these cuts and reinvesting that windfall into the economy, an argument that Mnuchin delivered at a Wednesday press briefing announcing the plan.

I wrote my thesis on the philosophy of history with the central argument that Industrial Civilization would collapse and either be replaced by a new emergent socio - economic revolution an order of magnitude higher than industrialization and agriculture combined, or we would go back to the stone age or extinct.

The economic fragility demonstrated by the 2008 crash provided a good argument for a more generous safety net.

Of course it matters to anyone who wants to understand the economic cost of the adjustment, but arguments about whether the reported data are overstated, and by how much, have become part of the bull vs bear debate about whether Chinese growth is merely slowing temporarily, and not as part of a major economic reversal of the growth model.

A recent paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research makes that argument.

The data released today by the BEA show pretty clearly that the arguments we make in House of Debt remain relevant for thinking about economic weakness today.

I stand by my argument that saturating our labor markets and swelling our already ample underclass with third - world economic migrants is exhausting our capacity to aid the vaster numbers who are left behind, let alone the needy Americans who have nowhere else to go.

In this book Küng presents «an ethically oriented overall view developed step by step through argument,» a view which encompasses the global political and economic realms.

Also, let us not forget Justice O'Connor argument from Casey about liberating women from their baby making bodies so they can help boost the GDP: «The ability of women to participate equally in the economic and social life of the Nation has been facilitated by their ability to control their reproductive lives.»

Christian Lalive d'Epinay proposed a similar sociological argument explaining the growth of Pentecostalism as a function of the social, political, and economic crisis in Latin America produced by the rapid urbanization of traditional rural peoples.

Greider, a senior journalist at the Nation, and Wight, an economist at the University of Richmond, understand that capitalism is more than a technical economic system and that it is supported by more than rational argument.

Her argument is that because American women are being unduly pressured to breast - feed their babies, they are becoming «enslaved» by the «little masters,» as Badinter describes nursing children, which in turn undermines the status of American women in general, leading to many negative social and economic outcomes.

Thus, the argument here is not some ideological «no economic growth» position (though doubtless is how it will be presented by many on both left and right).

The second reason is a non-ecological argument in terms of the rise in socio - economic inequalities caused by policies promoting economic growth under capitalism.

Employers responded to the government's consultation on changes to skilled labour migration (Tiers 1 and 2 of the Points - Based System) with vigorous arguments for the economic necessity of IntraCompany Transfers (ICTs)-- individuals relocated by their employers from overseas branches to British branches of the same company.

Vote Leave (a cross-party grouping supported by Douglas Carswell, UKIP's only MP) wants to focus on the economic argument for Brexit, suggesting the UK could successfully become a Singapore style off - shore financial centre (open to capital and migration).

The intervention by so many university academics will strengthen the Remain campaign, which claims that the economic argument has been won.

Since the Brexit vote, many people claim that economic arguments are not considered important by the public.

The mayor raised the issue of the $ 15.2 billion MTA capital budget deficit and the state's failure to abide by a 2007 settlement that promised additional education funds to the city — saying arguments about lean economic times no longer hold water.

Okedele said that arguments by the proponents of the initiative notwithstanding, it would not be the best thing to happen to Nigeria particularly as we are yet face myriad of socio - economic cum political problems such as terrorism, vandalism treasury looting among others.

After releasing his $ 77.7 billion preliminary budget, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio raised the issue of the $ 15.2 billion MTA capital budget deficit and the state's failure to abide by the 2007 CFE settlement that promised additional education funds to the city, saying arguments about lean economic times no longer hold water.

The Tories» domination of the economic argument has been a political triumph (helped by the lack of scrutiny from the mainstream media).

The report draws on government and trade statistics, academic evidence and economic theory to challenge arguments that the health and social benefits of reducing alcohol consumption are likely to come at a cost to the economy, finding: · Any reduction in employment and income resulting from lower spending on alcohol would be offset by spending on other goods · Econometric analysis of US states suggests that a 10 % decrease in alcohol consumption is associated with a 0.4 % increase in per capita income growth · Lower alcohol consumption could also reduce the economic costs of impaired workplace productivity, alcohol - related sickness, unemployment and premature death, which are estimated to cost the UK # 8 - 11 billion a year The analysis comes at a timely moment, with health groups urging the Chancellor to raise alcohol duty in next month's Budget.

They have reinforced Labour's claim that the cuts will damage Britain's economic performance, an argument backed by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) today.

Former Senate Leader Senate Ali Ndume on Thursday said even the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, is not fit to continue to lead the senate going by the argument of the Upper chamber in rejecting the nomination of the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu.

When it got to the turn of the Council of Elders, the regional chair spoke, Hon Hackman spoke, I spoke and I spoke on the economy, but you don't talk about the economy by starting with the resource location;... I started by talking about how poorly this economy has been managed that we have gone from GHS9.4 bn debt to GHS110bn debt at the time, and how growth, without oil, was 1.9 bn and had dwindled to about 4 % etc.,... And I said something which I've said in this room: that Ghana is not poor and that the resource base of this country is found in five regions and I mentioned the regions specifically because I was making a strong economic argument.

There are economic gains to be made by moving to clean energy, which should convince the people who are not convinced by the climate arguments, or the clean air arguments, or the national security arguments.

The economic argument also ignores the environmental cost of accessing lower grade ores, which may outweigh the benefits delivered by the end uses.

(He's joined in this argument by James Hansen, who lacks Nordhaus's economic expertise but offers considerable scientific gravitas.)

We'll reduce it 40 percent by 2020, by 2020 everything we make we'll use 40 percent less energy per dollar or per yuan of value, okay; which is good, I mean, there's no argument to be made against them doing it, but their own economic projections indicate that their economy is going to grow so quickly that they'll be producing more CO2 instead of less at the end of that period.

Furthermore, «the state can not use general arguments of public policy, fiscal discipline or refer to other financial or economic gains, but instead must prove that other rights provided for under the Covenant have been improved by the measure».

The 1998 reform: progressive economic arguments for introducing tuition [10] It was against this backdrop that the National Committee of Inquiry into Higher Education released the Dearing Report in 1997, which called for new tuition fees supported by an expanded and revised system of student loans.

Moreover, the argument that selective school systems may help pupils overcome their low socio - economic background is not upheld by international comparison, according to the DfE's own report.

The economic research argument for universal preschool is backed up by some practical considerations.

Likewise, for conservative politicians and activist - profiteers disproportionately bankrolled by these and other monied interests, the «reform» argument gives them a way to both talk about fixing education and to bash organized labor, all without having to mention an economic status quo that monied interests benefit from and thus do not want changed.

Likewise, for conservative politicians and activist — profiteers disproportionately bankrolled by these and other monied interests, the «reform» argument gives them a way to both talk about fixing education and to bash organized labor, all without having to mention an economic status quo that monied interests benefit from and thus do not want changed.

The social equity arguments for preschool programs have recently been reinforced by compelling economic evidence that suggests that society at large benefits from investing in these programs.

The accountability measures imposed by NCLB implicitly rejected any argument that racial and economic achievement gaps were the result of broad societal inequities, such as the effects of poverty.

In states where Amazon has lost the sales tax argument at the hands of lawmakers who are eagerly trying to make up for revenue lost in the recent economic downturn, the online giant has attempted to make amends with legislatures by investing in jobs and distribution centers in return for coming to a consensus on the issue.

Although the economic slowdown has had the greatest impact on auction houses, the closing arguments on the stability of the art market in Asia will certainly be presented by Art Basel Hong Kong 2016 and its 239 participating galleries.

By far the most frequent arguments made in opposition to climate change policies are economic predictions of various kinds such as claims that proposed climate change legislation will destroy jobs, reduce GDP, damage US businesses such as the coal and petroleum industries, or increase the cost of fuel.

The responses of advocates of US climate change policies to these arguments are almost always to take issue with the factual economic and scientific conclusions of these arguments by making counter economic and scientific claims.

Although these economic arguments often have their own ethical problems, this series examines the ethical problems with tactics used by the disinformation campaign that rely on scientific uncertainty arguments.

It is impossible to shake the nagging feeling the best years of my generation's careers face a second lost decade, marred by irresolvable constitutional riddles, economic arguments that would shame a kindergarten class and the fear a nuclear arsenal resides in the hands of a reckless real estate mogul whose personal arrogance is only matched by his geopolitical ineptitude.

While the main arguments of pro-coal politicians and investors are new employment, the export of electricity and the supposed economic stability of the state, the impacts are mostly felt by citizens and the natural world.

For most of the 35 years, proponents of climate change policies have usually responded to these arguments by making counter «factual» claims such as climate policies will increase jobs or trigger economic growth.