Sentences with phrase «conventional economic thinking»

He pushed the boundaries of conventional economic thinking.

As the authors suggest, their finding runs counter to conventional economic thinking that consumption taxes (including carbon taxes) are necessarily regressive when revenue treatment is ignored.

Conventional economic thinking suggests restaurants would respond by raising wages to compete for talent.

And the longer the nation waits, the more expensive it will be to move to cleaner technologies in those sectors — a finding that runs contrary to conventional economic thought because prices of solar, wind and battery technologies are rapidly falling, they say.

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But technology transfers and investment restrictions are not conventional trade, says Dean Baker, economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research, a nonpartisan think tank.

This ploy highlights the fact that Smith's advice runs counter to conventional thinking about the economy and society it is also a reminder that anyone can have a valuable perspective on economic problems.

Our aim wasn't to dislodge conventional economic ways of thinking, but rather to identify the physical boundaries within which economies are constrained to operate: even economists can not escape thermodynamic limits.

Energy and economic growth always grew in lockstep, went the conventional argument, and to think otherwise was dangerously naive.

From the inevitability and desirability of more locally organized economies, to the urgent need to preserve our recent cultural achievements and the futility of pursuing economic growth above all, Afterburn offers cutting - edge perspectives and insights that challenge conventional thinking about our present, our future, and the choices in our hands.

I'm an optimist because I believe very much in the courage shown by many Indigenous leaders; individuals with the courage to challenge conventional thinking, to promote economic opportunity, wealth creation and self - reliance; to assert the view that individual responsibility on the part of Indigenous Australians is as much a part of the reconciliation process as is the discharge of government responsibilities in the name of the rest of the Australian community.