Sentences with phrase «big economic idea»

«What's the big economic idea, George?

If not a champion for Justin Trudeau's deficit - spending plan, Poloz has emerged as important defender of the intellectual soundness of the young prime minister's big economic idea.

Not exact matches

Occupy Wall Street made popular the idea of a country divided between the 99 % and the 1 %, but its really the chief executives of the nation's biggest businesses that are pulling away in the income race and leaving everyone else behind, according to a new report from the Economic Policy Institute.

His job is to look at economic trends, set the macro strategy and then find managers who have the expertise to take advantage of his big - picture ideas.

Just when economic bullying by big corporations threatened the whole idea of independent small business, company builders nationwide did the last thing anyone expected — they turned to one another for help.

Behind all this banter lies a big idea: That by de-emphasizing economic growth and considering other things that people value, societies could make much better decisions about how to use their scarce resources.

JumpStart invests in big ideas and talented people to create jobs and economic vitality.

Coming of Age in the Asian Century: The Need for a National Conversation By Sarah Eaton, Post ‐ Graduate Research Fellow, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada Political pundits tell us this federal election will be fought not over big ideas but along a narrow set of economic wedge issues.

New Profit is focused on a handful of issues — including education and economic empowerment — and is crystal clear about its mission of backing visionary leaders with big ideas.

Our more than 550 experts and staff work closely with leaders to turn big ideas into action at the nexus of environment, economic opportunity and human well - being (www.wri.org).

Our more than 450 experts and staff work closely with leaders to turn big ideas into action at the nexus of environment, economic opportunity and and human well - being www.wri.org.

Teachout is a Catherine wheel of ideas — in the course of the day we talked about anti-trust, fracking, the desperate need for broadband in rural communities, the way Big Ag gobbles up subsidies meant for family farmers, and the «chickenization» of production that puts all the economic risk and environmental damage on farmers as firms like Tyson keep squeezing the market.

More than three quarters of all voters, including a clear majority of those who intend to vote Labour on Thursday, think the last Labour government «must accept a large part of the blame» for Britain's economic problems; Mr Miliband is unlikely to succeed in his campaign to persuade the electorate that this idea is a «big lie» put about by the coalition.

Ed Miliband has announced that Labour has a «new agenda», a new central big idea that will drive its economic message in the runup to the next general election.

He needs also to paint in the big ideas of social justice and economic credibility on the big canvass of national politics, not the assiduous detail of small town and party campaigning.

It is a great shame that it is now trying to use the present economic crisis to take cheap political shots at the idea of the big society itself.

Mr. Cuomo's aides reject the idea that the state has lost credibility in its efforts to revive the upstate economy, saying their economic development efforts were always much bigger than the ones Mr. Kaloyeros oversaw.

«While we have known it for some time, the world is catching on to the idea that Erie County and all of Western New York are at the forefront of big, positive economic development.

While insisting that state's economic challenges required employee givebacks, the administration ignored all union ideas, big and small for saving money and improving government operations.

«This is a big idea that we believe could bring economic energy to Upstate New York.»

And above all, instead of moving forward to a new economic vision, they are taking Britain straight back to the arrogant, big government - knows - best ideas that bankrupted our country the last time Labour were in power, in the 1970s.

«Councilor Robinson was a big supporter of Destiny and if that is his and Mr. Nicoletti's idea of successful economic development, then Stephanie fundamentally disagrees with them and their economic vision.»

There is the economic one, which pits the idea of a traditional way of life in a rural town (farming) with the influence of industrialism and the promise of an economic boom that having a big business enterprise in the area could bring.

His Big Idea is that economic forces, especially inequality and poverty, largely determine the outcome of American social projects - including attempts at education reform.

Designed to observe and re examine the role of art and its placement during the prolonged economic downturn, BIG DEAL serves as a forum for curatorial and artistic ideas that highlight and critique often disputed and fragile relationship between Art, Commerce and Business.

RE «Part II «The economic base has shifted in a way that highly favors cities — and big cities — because it's now based on knowledge, on idea exchange, on agglomeration,» said Mark Muro, the policy director of the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution.»

# 219 zebra Part II «The economic base has shifted in a way that highly favors cities — and big cities — because it's now based on knowledge, on idea exchange, on agglomeration,» said Mark Muro, the policy director of the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution.

Economic models of the idea have made big promises.

To be really clear, if the ideas of people like Bob Ayres have merit [that energy * efficiency is a big component of economic growth, i.e., much of «Total Factor Productivity»], it is * even * more important to move faster and harder on efficiency and sustainable - energy replacements, and to stretch oil & gas supplies as long as possible.

What we would need, to continue economic growth as conventionally defined, is transportation, including the big stuff (container ships, passenger and cargo planes, gargantuan dump trucks and open - pit mining shovels, you get the idea), construction, roads and bridges, manufacturing, all without FF, literally down to the ground.

But if the timing and masses are ready for a shift, what we seem to be lacking is the man or woman to pull together the big ideas and next steps in this economic evolution.

In a short final chapter called «Reflections,» Weart offers his personal ideas on the best course of action to limit risks from warming while avoiding big economic disruptions.

The fallout from this, Solyndra, and quite possibly several other heavily - funded grand ideas is not just the loss of big pots of public and private money, but the creation of a snake - bit and conservative economic paralysis in exactly those technological areas that are and will be vital in the near future.