Sentences with phrase «staggering human cost»

At about the same time, the Washington Post carried an article by Daniel Southerland entitled «The Staggering Human Cost of Mao's Vision.»

As a likely widespread scenario across much of industrialised rural China, this provides a window onto the staggering human costs of development and the deeply uneven distribution of costs and benefits.

The reputations of most high street fashion retailers are tainted by the staggering human costs of making the products they sell.

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Not only would there be a huge human factor to consider in sending them back to countries with which most aren't familiar, but the cost to our economy could be staggering: According to a Center for American Progress study earlier this year, the estimated loss of DACA workers would reduce U.S. GDP by $ 433 billion over the next 10 years, with California, Texas and Illinois being hit hardest.

Together, these disturbing gaps underscore the staggering economic and social cost of underutilized human potential.