Sentences with phrase «big issues of policy»

Debates more about nuances of strategy than big issues of policy?

Not exact matches

But actually, Evans» point of clarification on this issue is soooo important, since it gets at one of the biggest confusions about monetary policy and interest rates today.

Big Idea: Having gone from helping a couple of students incorporate their company to Sillicon Valley's most powerful lawyer, Drummond has a front - row seat to history, overseeing the search giant's corporate deals as well as the public - policy issues embroiling the search giant around privacy and national security.

On the other hand, the same survey showed that 42 percent of the fund managers believe central bank policies will be the biggest driver of the dollar this year, while just 11 percent thought trade issues would be.

It's not just about having one issue fixed, like establishing better parental leave policies or solving for the wage gap, it's addressing all of these small things that add up to a bigger problem.

The absence of Cohn's dissenting voice means Navarro and his allies should have more sway when encouraging Trump to enact more aggressively protectionist policies on the big trade issues of the day.

Here's the issue with the concept of buying another medical policy directly from the insurance company... many of them, including the big ones... are corrupt.

The other two branches of government have no business in the issue; they need to be concerned with the bigger picture; foreign policies and matters, national economy, and disagreements between states on matters that affect national politics.

«Obviously it is a policy issue for governments to think about, but as a person who would be part of an organisation that would have to make that decision, I think it's too big a decision for a regulator to make.»

Amongst the population as a whole, we found that over half of Brits (52 %) feel that that the biggest influence on their vote is the values of the party, rather than hard policy issues (which polled at 27 %).

The candidates talk a lot about job creation and economic development, with Espaillat condemning the growth of so - called big box stores and Walrond promoting infrastructure investment, but there is not a policy issue driving the race.

Mr Brown, noting that Mr Cameron did not mention policy issues in any of his six questions, told the Tory leader: «You are completely out of your depth when it comes to the big issues.»

The «nitty - gritty» of how patents are developed and then protected is a big issue when it comes to the role technology can play in the future of energy security and climate change policy, for example.

Speaking on Citi FM's news analysis programme «The Big Issue» on Saturday, President of policy think tank, IMANI Ghana, Franklin Cudjoe, said although reduction in electricity tariffs «is a good thing, we must be very cautious.»

As Cameron's circle intensify their preparations for Thursday's television debate, by issuing pleas at Tory HQ for fresh ideas, shadow ministers have told the leadership that their «big idea» is too vague and needs to be scrapped in favour of practical policies.

At a press conference of more than a dozen law enforcement agencies and organizations, West detailed the bill, stating, «I think the biggest issue is that of the actual policy.

Policies - they need binding together as a theme and the issue of how / when to announce the big policy ideas needs resolving because it appears we have been caught in the headlights over how to deal with Labour nicking our ideas or whether to get on with it anyway.

He said the centre ground should be discussing issues such as the role of technology and big data in public services, the use of monetary policy such as quantitative easing and the future of student debt.

Speaking on The Big Issue, the policy analyst cited the restricted spending in 2017 and increased budgetary allocations for 2018 as the reasons government will have to be wary of this year.

We made a point of trying to get away from the campaign to cover the choice: the 6 and 10 did a series on big issues, from airports to defence spending to social care, that weren't getting much play in the campaign; Newsnight interrogated the future of the NHS; Andrew Neil's series of Daily Politics debates analysed policy, department by department over two weeks; and, online, from Reality Check to constituency profiles, we scrutinised the detail.

The BBC's Christian Fraser looks the policies of the Labour leadership candidates on the big issues.

Cuomo has also appointed a number of commissions to tackle big issues, including education policy and corruption in the legislature.

New big - data analytics by a City College of New York - led team suggests that both an individual's economic status and how they are likely to react to issues and policies can be inferred by their position in social networks.

«This is a much bigger issue than just a duplicate publication,» adds Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.

It's clear that Keyworth hasn't stopped thinking about the big science policy issues of the day.

At the conclusion of the research, Coffield et al., postulate the following question: Finally, we want to ask: why should politicians, policy - makers, senior managers and practitioners in post-16 learning concern themselves with learning styles, when the really big issues concern the large percentages of students within the sector who either drop out or end up without any qualifications?

«We knew that we would only want to focus on one or two policy issues within each of our four big policy areas.

Small - bore policies, defense of the status quo, kick the can down the road on all the big issues.

Whilst Fallon did not detail the particulars of such «policy challenges», it is understood that they related to issues in Pearson's biggest markets, including the UK.

The new Minister will of course want to get to grips with some of the big policy issues such as the curriculum and professional development but the stark reality is that unless we deal with this concern the success of all other initiatives is put at risk.

Choosing a school is one of the key points at which parents experience national policy through a local lens, and as such, should be an important election issue both in the big debates and on the doorstep.

«Teachers are leaving the profession because of workload and stress issues caused by government policies but the biggest issue in this is that they haven't recruited enough teachers in the first place.

In examining the issues and exercise of power that are sustained in the long - standing policy of standardized testing in schools, this work provides a big picture perspective on assessment practices over time in the U. S.; by examining the rise of value - added assessment in Tennessee, a fine - grained and contemporary case is provided within that larger context.

But while the Democratic Party has been traditionally labor - friendly, some within the party have become more vocal in their criticism of the union's stances on several big policy issues.

Finally, and perhaps most importantly, the players in this initiative are absolutely and totally silent about the biggest issue of all; If the Renzulli teaching model works, and I'm sure it does knowing his level of expertise on the subject, the logical and appropriate public policy decision would be to insert Renzulli's approach into more schools and provide a broader range of children, included those «most gifted,» with the benefits of curriculum that includes «enrichment clusters that stimulate investigation and creativity, making learning fun.»

Labor unions have emerged in the past 40 years as one of the biggest power brokers on all social policy issues concerning the education of our youth.

Bought this truck with 7800 miles on it and had 4 recalls in less than a year the factory bedliner in it is separating from the steel and everytiei take it to the shop and its supposed to be a work truck made tough that's a joke due to the manufacturer defects I have to miss using it on jobs to haul and if you ask for a loaner that is not included in the warranty so I have a ram that is causing me to lose money and the company wont give me a truck to use while its getting manufacturer defects fixed makes sense and well trading it in is a joke after you buy a ram they depreciate dramatically so trading it in will cost you so thought since they changed names maybe they would b better but 2 hours on the hotline about why no loaner for a working man and all I get is there is no loaner policy when your vehicle is in the shop even when it is their flaws!And what really ticked me off they wanted to patch the factory sprayed bedliner so I took it in and dropped it off we had a big hail storm and they left my truck out in it and they aren't responsible for that either and you pay 600 for a factory sprayed bedliner and its peeling up and they want to patch that spot instead of respraying the whole thing can u say cheap but they were more than happy to take my money when I bought it but they don't stand very tough in my opinion never had this many issues with my fords

On February 2, Random House, the only one of the «Big 6» publishers to provide ebooks to libraries without restrictions, made an announcement that they would continue their generous policy, but that there would be a price hike to deal with some of the issues surrounding permanent access to ebooks.

Forester's does not issue big face amounts on these type of policies.

«Our facility is located near the beach so a lot of tourists board their pets with us,» said Michele Wieting, office manager of Owl Creek Pet Hotel in Virginia Beach, Va. «Prior to implementing our proactive flea control policy, our biggest issue was that we couldn't guarantee that all of our clients were using monthly flea prevention.

We debated whether the Democratic platform tussle over a carbon price and natural gas policy between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton, resolved a few days ago, was the last gasp of climate change as a big issue in the presidential campaign.

In an email, Myles R. Allen, a climate scientist and policy analyst at Oxford University, said Trump's decision hinted at a bigger issue, simmering well beyond the United States, that would continue to hinder progress — the enduring abundance of, and demand for, fossil fuels:

The biggest issues continue to involve solar energy policy, especially how solar customers are compensated for the excess power their systems make and send back into the grid during certain times of the day.

With more than 27 years of experience in policy advocacy and issue campaigns, Ms. Robinson has played an integral role in some of the country's biggest energy and transportation advancements, including the historic fuel economy and global warming emissions standards for new cars and light trucks.

[1] The U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Board of Directors, which it says «determine the U.S. Chamber's policy positions on business issues and advise the U.S. Chamber on appropriate strategies to pursue,» includes representation from the fossil fuel industry such as ConocoPhillips and Consol Energy (one of the biggest coal producers in the US), large pharmaceutical companies like Pfizer and Bayer, and the tobacco company Altria (formerly Philip Morris).

This paper shows that it is quite possible, and even numerically plausible, that the answers to the big policy question of what to do about climate change stand or fall to a large extent on the issue of how the high - temperature damages and tail probabilities are conceptualized and modeled.

While cheering for their faction of scientists, laypeople often lose sight of the big picture — the key elements for making public policy about this important issue.

of State Kerry declared climate change the biggest foreign policy issue, not ISIS, the prowling Russian bear, or Iran» s nuclear program.

Granted, taking profits away from big oil is always easier said than done, but once again, as with health care and other issues, the difference between the two in terms of actual policy is slight.

One of the biggest advantages to applying for no medical exam life insurance is the fact that these policies may allow someone who has an adverse health issue to obtain the coverage that they need — even if they have been turned down for traditional life insurance coverage in the past.