Sentences with phrase «by economic collapse»

During a dangerous and damaged near future and with the globe devastated by an economic collapse, desperate and on - the - edge Eric (Pearce) finds himself on the mission to track down a gang who have stolen the only meaningful possession he has left during a robbery — his prized Rover automobile.

Not exact matches

Two of the most curious and innovative tech companies in the country, both started by Elon Musk, almost faced collapse in the wake of the 2008 economic recession.

By contrast, economic growth in Canada contracted in the first half of the year and business investment — the most important factor in demand for imports — collapsed along with oil prices.

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 scenarios used by the Bank of England are pretty apocalyptic, setting out major collapses in a whole heap of asset classes and a massive worsening of economic conditions.

The flight toward cryptocurrencies in a nation where inflation in bolivar prices is projected to surpass 2,000 percent next year falls in line with what has happened in other countries stricken by war or economic collapse.

It's important for investors to note that the correction was not prompted by economic fears, a collapse in corporate earnings prospects or a geopolitical shock.

The collapse of the global economic - political paradigm that was fostered and nurtured by neo-classical economic theories built on childish abstracts which failed to embrace the physical and mathematical realities of existence defined by universal laws of matter and energy.

Likewise, investors might have believed that the extraordinarily elevated market valuations of 1929 and 2000 were «justified» by the recent economic prosperity, but that did nothing to prevent the market collapses that completed those cycles, with over a decade of negative total returns for the S&P 500 in both cases.

These defaults were brought about primarily by the 2008 economic collapse.

Brazil has struggled in the past years, bogged down by unfavorable economic conditions including a collapse in growth.

Hedge funds are also joining the lending effort to fill the void left by traditional lenders, aiming to prevent a total collapse of economic structure in the United States and around the world.

Economic Collapse News reported late last year that Jeff Clark of Casey Research put forth analysis in a newsletter that gold would be hitting $ 2,300 by Jan. 2014.

But because the collapse was stopped by government interventions, we don't know how low the Greedometer reading, economic collapse, and stock market drop would have gone.

✔ America's Economic Day of Reckoning: Why the dollar could collapse by the year 2020.

The trade war initiated by Trump is little more than the symptom of a collapsing economic system.

In contrast, the economic and financial situation in Indonesia has continued to slip, with the forces set in train by the initial collapse of the exchange rate last December / January proving very destructive in terms of both the political and economic structure.

This will require the rest of the Canadian economy to reduce emissions by 47 per cent by 2030 to meet Canada's Paris Agreement commitments, which will be virtually impossible in the time remaining barring an economic collapse.

With the untimely collapse of the real estate market 7 years ago, and an unstable job market caused by the economic - downturn, there have been questions whether real estate investing is a good idea.

However, once that mainstream had been established, a certain underground ethic intensified and regularized rock's radical commitment, gathering cultural strength, and from 1988 - 1997 it actually grew popular, probably with the economic prosperity provided by Anglosphere conservatives and the security provided by the collapse of the USSR subconsciously giving many persons permission for indulging in greater radicalism.

Central planning and the lack of incentive have produced agricultural shortfalls, industrial mismanagement, shoddy products, permanent shortages in housing and consumer goods, economic collapse staved off only by Western credit, and a shockingly low standard of living in what are supposed to be modern industrial nations.

This is sad that our system is beset by Republicans that think the best way out of a recession is to eliminate more jobs and take away workers and social protections so they can further the system that caused the economic collapse in the first place.

The political and economic system created by the United States and its allies after World War II — a system built around common defense measures and free trade — rescued Europe from the self - inflicted catastrophe of 1914 - 1945, prevented nuclear war, preserved the peace until the collapse of the Soviet empire, and allowed once - captive nations to reclaim their liberties.

Naturally some of Novak's book has been superseded by events, such as Communism's defeat in Eastern Europe and the former USSR, liberation theology's virtual collapse throughout the Catholic world, and the rise of new generations of bishops and priests who know that economic policy is largely a matter of prudential judgment for the laity.

The economic collapse has revived the fortunes of equality, a principle once scoffed at by ruling politicians.

Cucuzza and his collaborators orchestrate a multidisciplinary approach highlighted by distinctly American forms — country - western music written by Juli Crockett, line dancing choreographed by Jordana Che Toback — that binds Strindberg's characters, both the rich and the poor, by exposing their shared vulnerability in a time of economic collapse.

So a more likely scenario than a «soaring euro» might be exit by the surplus countries within the German economic sphere (Yanis Varoufakis is predicting precisely this, and sooner rather than later) followed by a currency collapse, since the euro would then belong to those countries economically unable to leave it.

By the 11th of November, 1918, the broad outlines of the 20th Century were set, though it would take a worldwide economic depression, a second world war, the collapse of colonial empires and a generation of Cold War for them become clear.

A progressive economic framework would prioritise measures that can restore economic growth — principally by raising the, currently collapsed, level of investment.

From my perspective the Soviet Union had a collapse (social and economic), followed by a dissolution.

The Miliband government seems to lack the vision of his predecessors and becomes mired in the economic storms unleashed by the Lehman Brothers collapse in 2007 and the subsequent economic crash in 2008.

The collapse of US banking giant Lehman Brothers in September 2008 precipitated a worldwide financial crisis which by 2009 had developed into a serious global economic downturn.

In a huddle with reporters earlier this week in Washington, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chairman Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) acknowledged that his party's chances of reaching the 60 - seat plateau were «better than they were two weeks ago» — the result of an across - the - board collapse in Republican numbers due to the economic crisis and handling of the bailout bill by Congress.

In my own area of interest, archaeologists now understand that the collapse of classic Mayan civilization around A.D. 800 was caused by a combination of factors, including population growth, intercity competition, warfare, economic disruption, and drought.

The economic collapse was in part precipitated by people taking on mortgages they couldn't afford.

During the 1990's decade significant poaching of snow leopards occurred motivated by economic insecurity after the collapse of the former Soviet Union.

This is the second article in three weeks that criticized people with six pack abs (the other being a Natural News article written by Mike Adams on Oct. 14 dealing with the coming economic collapse).

Brazil's impoverished northeast — where Zika has drawn the most attention — represents the largest pocket of rural poverty in Latin America, a situation that is likely aggravated by the country's current economic collapse.

Illustration by Zohar Lazar As this dystopian election campaign has The Uninhabitable Earth Famine, economic collapse, a sun that cooks us: What climate change could wreak — sooner than you think.

Even though Russia is still a strongly traditional society and a mother remains by far the dominant female archetype in Russian culture, historically women in Russia often have had to take on greater responsibility for the family and learn to survive due to country numerous wars, revolutions and economic collapses.

There is also a very strong sense of America's drifting towards one of the worst financial breakdowns in recent history, as we know Clinton's repeal of the Glass - Steagall Act was already in place by then, allowing financial deregulations to flourish to the point of a worldwide economic collapse.

The Big Short examines the 2008 economic collapse, and how it was spurred by predatory financial institutions taking advantage of people's hopes and dreams of succeeding in America, from the point of view of the banks that caused the catastrophe; The Florida Project shows us the swampy, brightly - colored, half - decayed Florida landscape briefly glimpsed in The Big Short, and centers on the very people who are struggling the most financially as a result of the greed of others and the desire to achieve the vaunted American Dream.

The end of the bipolar world with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989 made to materialize the hegemonic situation exerted by the United States in the world that is threatened today by its economic weakness and the economic and military rise of China that has highlighted in the geopolitical world by great political influence, military and economic in the Asian and international scene thanks to the great extension of its territory (ranked third in territorial dimension on the planet), high number of inhabitants (about 1.3 billion, most populous in the world) and the dynamism of its economy (the economy is currently showing the highest growth rates on the planet).

Instead of breakthrough that would lead to overcoming the global economic crisis, the scenario of the global economic collapse was predicted by the great thinker and French economist Jacques Attali (2010) who predicts the occurrence of four steps to the unfolding economic crisis that erupted in 2008 in United States and that spilled over the world: 1) the public debts become heavier; 2) the failure of the euro and the global depression; 3) the failure of the Dollar and the return of global inflation; and, 4) the depression and ruin of Asia.

Luminous, passionate, expansive, an emotional tour de force, Sunset Park follows the hopes and fears of a cast of unforgettable characters brought together by the mysterious Miles Heller during the dark months of the 2008 economic collapse.

Pity the Billionaire: The Hard - Times Swindle and the Unlikely Comeback of the Right by Thomas Frank Metropolitan January 3 Harper's columnist Frank examines how the brink of economic collapse delivered the highly unexpected political result of breathing new life into American conservatism.

Flanery's second novel, Fallen Land, which will be published by Riverhead Books on August 15, is equally suspenseful and layered, but has a completely different setting: America, after the economic collapse.

Also, while military conquest or economic domination often introduces a new language into an established language community, in most cases it takes long - term immigration or the collapse of the native population to give the new language a foothold (witness the indigenous cultures of Latin America wiped out by the diseases brought to their shores by Europeans).

Silver and copper's value is driven by industrial uses... so hoarding copper may hurt you in the event of a bad economic situation short of utter collapse.

These defaults were brought about primarily by the 2008 economic collapse.