Sentences with phrase «economic affluence»

Its cultural and economic affluence means that there are plenty of eligible, hardworking singles waiting to be met.

In Europe itself, the forces of secularization, allied with economic affluence, have made dramatic progress in alienating the popular mind from the Christian origins of Western culture.

Away back in 1930 the economist John Maynard Keynes pointed to the demoralizing consequences of economic affluence.

[c] onversion, instead of being a vertical movement toward God, a genuine renewal of life, has become a horizontal movement of groups of people from one community to another, very often backed by economic affluence, organizational strength and technological power.

In our day particularly momentous and complex issues face us - diminishing resources, economic affluence and poverty, and arms escalation, to name only a few.

Not exact matches

These religious issues — personal formation and making sense of life — are often disguised by our relative affluence and the apparent assumption that getting everyone to middle - class economic status will solve all problems.

As for the common people, their economic status doubtless limited the size of their households and, as among all polygamous peoples, any rise in affluence was accompanied by an increase of wives.

Despite it's disastrous track - record of macro-economic management, epitomised by the Lawson boom in the late 1980s and George Osbourne's ill - timed retrenchment since 2010, the Conservatives have consistently positioned themselves as the party of fiscal discipline and economic competence, as well as the party of entrepreneurship and material affluence.

«Rather than static groups that experience continual high levels of economic attainment, there would appear to be more movement into and out of these income levels,» the authors write in «The Life Course Dynamics of Affluence,» published Jan. 28 in the journal PLOS One.

In our current growth - based economic system, rising affluence and population growth mean increased consumption, environmental destruction, and waste production.

Furthermore, the mass media almost never cover the two other contributing factors to climate change, i.e., rising affluence (i.e., economic growth, which is taboo to question) and rising human population size (which is also taboo to discuss).

Though often seen as being at odds with poverty reduction, the focus being on economic development first and environmental preservation once a measure of affluence has occurred, I found it very inspirational (and accurate) that Maathai sees that without preservation of the environment, preservation of natural capital, lasting economic development, lasting poverty reduction, can not be achieved.

Another book that might be useful is Tim Wise's Under the Affluence, where he really takes a hard look at the economic structures in this country and their connection to racial dynamics.

The reform and economic opening of China starting in 1979 has resulted in an affluence that surprisingly has affected the culture, attendance and finances of a high school in Fredericton, New Brunswick.

Still, the method does not give an indication of the magnitude of the economic transition (eg, moving from affluence to poverty may have greater consequences than moving from relative poverty to poverty).

It's primarily about economic well - being, but: «Children living with both biological parents reported higher levels of life satisfaction than children living with a single parent or parent / step - parent... Controlling perceived family affluence, the difference between joint physical custody families and single mother or mother / stepfather families became non-significant... [and] children in the Nordic countries characterised by strong welfare systems reported significantly higher levels of life satisfaction in all living arrangements except in single father households.

Differences in economic inequality between countries moderated the association between certain family structures, perceived family affluence and life satisfaction.»

Locating economic risks for adolescent well - being: Poverty and affluence in families, schools, and neighborhoods

Locating Economic Risks for Adolescent Mental and Behavioral Health: Poverty and Affluence in Families, Neighborhoods, and Schools.