Sentences with phrase «economic argument»

There is, however, a powerful economic argument for investing in families given the role they play in creating social and economic value.

Economic arguments in opposition to climate change policies are almost always arguments about self - interest that ignore strong global obligations.

There is no strong economic argument against imposing a greenhouse tax immediately.

However, the evidence shows that the basic concept is viable if a convincing economic argument can be presented to the communities of this region.

The standard economic argument is that most taxes are inefficient, so reducing any of these taxes will increase efficiency.

This bill did not form part of the coalition agreement, it was not in any party's manifesto, and there is no credible economic argument to justify it.

It may be to protest that the advocates of the free market use simplistic economic arguments to lend support to their political agenda.

Many of the current economic arguments against seem to fall in the same vein.

As the developed nations already have a financial set of problems, it should be relatively easy to manipulate some progress towards less carbon dioxide production without trying to squeeze out false economic arguments.

(See, Ethical Issues Entailed By Economic Arguments Against Climate Change Policies.)

We'll now be told that economic arguments don't win political campaigns anymore and that Brexit is more about identity than it is about finances.

It's easy to find a number of success stories on the power of political decisions as the industry has opposed using economic arguments also changes that have been easy to make (like some required changes for cars) or that did indeed allow for rapid technology development as reduction of sulfur emissions or replacement of ozone damaging chemicals by safer ones.

Submission to blood - lust might be a vote - winner, but it is not really a very sound economic argument for taxing people differently based on the names of their employers.

Shuford also appears to be unaware of or ignores the strong economic arguments for reducing carbon emissions now, rather than later.

The result is the well - known economic argument from the Mundell - Fleming model: Fiscal policy is relatively ineffective when you have flexible exchange rates.

So if it's a purely economic argument requiring Diablo Canyon to stay on 100 % that's the only way that they can make it economically viable, what if this could be accomplished with diversions of energy to non-grid applications; would that provide reasoning for not closing Diablo, such as production of hydrogen or electrical cars?

Mr. Navarro's writings don't offer economic arguments for exempting Canada from those measures.

The clearer economic argument for free trade is the second, namely, that it increases per capita Gross National Product or average consumption of goods and services.

McCarthy says the issue is part of a larger economic argument in New York's gubernatorial race.

For instance, in response to economic arguments opposing climate change legislation, proponents of climate change action usually argue that climate change policies will create jobs or are necessary to develop new energy technologies that are vital to the health of the US economy in the future.

Carney's forceful letter to Jenkin comes the day after former Conservative leaders Lord Howard and Iain Duncan Smith launched an aggressive attack on the Remain camp, calling out its «startling dishonesty» and the «woeful failure» of the Bank of England to present a fair economic argument.

«To succeed in the Gig Economy, we need to create a financially flexible life of lower fixed costs, higher savings, and much less debt,» Diane Mulcahy, a senior analyst at the Kauffman Foundation and a lecturer at Babson College, writes in her book «The Gig Economy,» which is part economic argument and part how - to guide.

Bove was telling you to buy BofA and Citi, dismiss the bearish economic arguments, treat MF Global's sell - off as «overblown» and get long Jefferies as a takeover target.

Setting economic arguments aside for a moment, surely any Christian should acknowledge that at the heart of Christ's teaching there was a prophetic critique of the pursuit and preservation of material wealth, and that it is hardly fitting then for Christians (even American Christians) to view these protests with simple self - confident disdain.

Modi's party's support for the Hindu culture war in India has shown that, for now, cultural standards trump economic arguments, which will leave demand high and supply low.

Perhaps it would help if both the Labour Party and the Fabian Society first had a coherent economic argument to justify their position on immigration (whatever that is).

Blond is arguing for a reversal of this - to reassert a traditional rightist critique on social issues, but to combine it with a localist, protectionist economic argument which is a leftist economic shift.

Perhaps if the left had not given up on economic arguments under Blair, parts of the working class would not now be drifting off to authoritarian nationalism.

His ability to appeal to patriotism - especially against Remain's dull economic argument - has allowed his support to surge.

Indeed, the foundation of Labour's whole economic argument is that we must avoid a race to the bottom for low wages and low skills.

As a committed Labour supporter who has been immersed in the political and economic arguments over Britain's place in the European integration project for some forty years — from my role in overseeing JML expand its business beyond Britain to acting as Secretary of Labour Euro - Safeguards Campaign since 1975 — my views have evolved as the European Union has radically changed form.

But he's disappointed that the authors rely on what he calls a questionable economic argument — in this case, that the United Kingdom needs 1 million additional STEM - trained professionals by 2020 — and ignore another important reason.

It's what keeps renewables from being mass - producedJorge Rodriguez challenges economic arguments...

My analytical strategy relied on a simple economic argument: If schools that face stronger competition prefer certain characteristics in their teachers, then they should hire more teachers who possess those characteristics and pay them a higher wage.

Balancing economic arguments with ecological considerations does not have to be a mutually exclusive choice.

This is the vaguely economic argument that people make when they talk about e-book pricing: «The price of all books will go to...

Instead, the core of the trial is likely to slog through recondite economic arguments and civil evidence issues; part of today's hearing focused on expert witness opinion about the competitive effects of agency pricing and whether it coincided with Apple's economic self - interest.