Sentences with phrase «by economic questions»

The last two centuries were dominated by economic questions; the next century will be the age of ecology, in which the organism of the earth will become the all - determining factor and will have to be taken into consideration by everyone.

Not exact matches

I would frame the policy question as «What mix of policies can we use to ensure economic growth and the benefits of that growth are shared by all».

This was one of the more provocative questions asked at a panel discussion I recently attended, put on by the Economic Club of Canada, called «Canada's Skills Challenge: The Economic Case for Improving Workplace Essential Skills.»

In a study on retirement readiness published in 2011 by the National Bureau of Economic Research, only half the respondents could correctly answer a question on diversification and risk, and only two - thirds appeared to understand compound interest.

There was a simple answer to the economic question: Keystone is the fastest and easiest way to bring Alberta's oil to market, which will in turn lower the price of oil by about a dollar per barrel for every American — regardless of where the stuff is ultimately sold.

From 2008 to 2012, the board member in question — Susan Arnold, who chairs the compensation committee at Disney — received fees from Disney that were 70 % greater than the average received by Fortune 100 directors, according to an analysis by the Center for Economic Policy and Research (CEPR).

September 2011 (377 kb PDF file): The Q&A in this issue features seven questions about economic recovery after wars or other open conflict (by Antonio C. David, Fabiano Rodrigues Bastos, and Marshall Mills).

U.S. stocks took their biggest loss in five months Tuesday as a health care bill backed by President Donald Trump ran into trouble in Congress, which raised some questions about his agenda of faster economic growth spurred on by lower taxes and cuts in regulations.

Given that spreading ownership of capital and increasing employees» share in economic rewards has bipartisan appeal, 37 the only valid answer to the question by Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, or other time travelers is that, after four decades of neglecting policies to stimulate broad - based profit sharing and employee share ownership, we have changed course and are now placing them in the policy portfolio, if not at the center of economic policymaking that they occupied from the days of Washington to Lincoln.

There was no question about the biggest draw at a one - day economic «growth summit» put on by the Public Policy Forum last month in Ottawa.

In addition, questions raised by the U.S. political landscape and other events ahead could influence the economic outlook, including:

Even though confidence among US businesses and consumers has been lifted by the advent of a new administration, the question of whether this buoyant mood could translate into a significant pickup in US economic growth remains unanswered, in our view.

This strong growth - driven by both occupancy and rate improvement and which was even stronger at upper upscale, urban, and luxury properties - comes at a time when economic data points have called into question the near - term sustainability of the U.S. economic recovery and would appear to demonstrate that as yet no reigns have been placed on corporate travel.

Even though confidence among US businesses and consumers has been lifted by the advent of a new administration, the question of whether this buoyant mood is likely to translate into a significant pickup in US economic growth remains unanswered, in our view.

By building bridges between post-secondary institutions and the private sector, BHER will help Canada's world - class researchers answer long - standing questions and fuel healthy economic growth.

So the question is by no means just an economic one.

The second key question for the Finance Minister is by how much has the deficit forecast worsened, as a result of this lower expected economic growth?

Learn the answers to these pressing questions and more at the Third Annual Economic Summit presented by a team of economists from Saint Xavier University's (SXU) Graham School of Management (GSM) and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, and hosted by Graham School of Management (GSM).

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.

They refused to let anyone from outside the community speak, and when one village trustee questioned whether the economic claims of gambling included the costs of gambling, she was quickly silenced by the mayor.

But some are left unsatisfied by the subordination of economic questions to identity politics.

In face of this strictly «pagan» materialism and naturalism it becomes a pressing duty to remind ourselves once again that, if the laws of biogenesis of their nature suppose and effectively bring about an economic improvement in human living - conditions, it is not any question of well - being, it is solely a thirst for greater being that by psychological necessity can save the thinking world from the taedium vitae.

The primary social question in regard to occupation is whether work is determined by the requirements of a sovereign economic mechanism or by deliberate social planning guided by an integral concept of human nature.

In the particularly difficult question of global warming, thus far most economists have argued that it will be more efficient to respond to the problems caused by global warming as they occur than to make serious efforts to reduce it, since these efforts would slow economic growth.

We should have asked real questions about the grievances caused throughout the world by our economic and foreign policies, military occupations and wars — but of course we don't want to go there!

In this connection, I have been particularly struck by Gustavo Gutiérrez's observation that, whereas much contemporary theology seeks to respond to the challenge of the «nonbeliever» who questions our «religious world» as Christians, in a continent like Latin America the primary challenge comes to us rather from the «nonperson» who questions us about our «economic, social, political and cultural world.»

The challenge before us is to navigate the hyphen and be prepared to explore our varied histories, discover the outside forces, question the economic compulsions, be astounded by the cultural diversity, empathise with the experience of marginality, marvel at the memories that have shaped all these various selves, and offered, and continue to offer us, an identity or identities across the hyphen, as the various embodied selves that make up the assorted group of people who are called Indian - Christians.

I believe that the point of view that I have derived from my internalization of Whitehead's philosophy helps me to raise broader, more inclusive, questions, than are asked by those whose points of view are shaped chiefly in schools of business, the study of international relations, or immersion in economic theory.

Way of life, profession, forms of recreation, possibilities of education are no longer in most cases inescapable facts determined by social and economic conditions, but have been transformed into questions and problems requiring moral decision.

The powers in the region tried to resist this take - over by questioning their role in economic globalisation (re-establishment of the control of exchange in Malaysia), or in the case of China and India, by completely suppressing their participation in this.

But the question that needs to be asked is, how many of those stay - at - home dads actively chose that role and how many were forced into it by the economic recession, the «unemployed job - seekers, the underemployed, and discouraged workers»?

But when I asked this question yesterday at our Food Services Parent Advisory Committee meeting, I learned that not only does stigma remain a real issue at some schools, there's now a troubling, modern - day twist on the problem: on some campuses, hapless kids standing in the federally reimbursable meal line are having their pictures taken by other students» cell phones, with the photos then uploaded to Facebook and / or texted around the school along with disparaging messages about the child's economic status.

But if Scotland waits for independence to begin this process it is likely that many of the fundamental aspects of the new Scottish Constitution will have been settled — Scotland's currency, aspects of its economic policy, and its relationship with the EU are only the most obvious of the questions that will have been resolved by this point.

Preventing a demagogue is hard in democracy, because democracy requires informed electorate, and many people do not care (or are prevented by economic hardships of life) to get informed enough, and / or many questions are really complicated and might have complicated long - term consequences (like: will abandoning Pacific Trade agreement allow China to control trade in Pacific by bilateral agreements)

Previous crises have been accompanied by radical questioning of existing political and economic orthodoxies.

There are some assumptions being made by this question that don't reflect how the international economic order works.

The coalition's housing benefit changes are being hit by scathing criticism from MPs, in a report questioning the fundamental economic justification for the reforms.

The dialogue that ensued engaged the authors with a series of questions surrounding the book's central thesis: despite the real progress in racial equality achieved by the 1960s civil rights legislation, the United States political institution has been caught in between two modes of conceptualizing, and enacting policy, about race — both of which have failed to close the tremendous gap in racial disparities in social and economic welfare that are a legacy of American history.

Trump while fielding questions from journalists during joint press conference by two president said agriculture, security and economic were given attention during meeting.

A routine oversight hearing by the state Assembly turned testy when the state's economic development czar endured over two hours of questions about Gov. Andrew Cuomo's economic development programs, which are currently under federal investigation.

A routine oversight hearing by the state Assembly turned testy when Howard Zemsky, Governor Andrew Cuomo's economic development czar, endured over two hours of questions about Cuomo's economic development programs, which are currently under federal investigation.

Both answers posted so far present good points, but I believe they miss the key factor here by accepting the faulty assumption of the question, namely, that the sanctions were the main cause of the economic hardships that have contributed to the current protests in Iran.

«1) If when determining the liability of a person to taxation, duty or similar charge due under statute in the UK it shall be established that a step or steps have been included in a transaction giving rise to that liability or to any claim for an allowance, deduction or relief, with such steps having been included for the sole or one of the main purposes of securing a reduction in that liability to taxation, duty or similar charge with no other material economic purpose for the inclusion of such a step being capable of demonstration by the taxpayer, then subject to the sole exception that the step or steps in question are specifically permitted under the term of any legislation promoted for the specific purpose of permitting such use, such step or steps shall be ignored when calculating the resulting liability to taxation, duty or similar charge.

One of those lawmakers is Mark Muoio of Rochester, who says there are a lot of questions about the timing of comments made by the county Republican chairman and a review of the project by a staffer with COMIDA, the county's economic development agency.

Moderated by WNYC economic development journalist Janet Babin, candidates Rubain Dorancy and Jesse Hamilton answered questions submitted by the community and debated topics ranging from education to public schools to affordable housing.

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After months of recession - based questions, recent events tag a bundle of political issues to our economic woes, mostly by a fierce concentration on exactly what the government will drop to fix the books.

Commending the Federal Government over its declaration that the case was not dead, Fayose said it was not enough to tell Nigerians that a case like the Halliburton and Siemens, in which many people have been jailed in other countries, especially the United States and investigations concluded in Nigeria with those alleged to be involved questioned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was not dead, rather, those already found wanting should be prosecuted.

In recent months, START - UP NY, a central part of Cuomo's massive economic development arsenal, has been vilified by some state legislators and conservative think tanks after it was reported the program created just 408 jobs across the state since 2014, leading the critics to question whether the $ 53 million spent on advertising and marketing was worth it.