Sentences with phrase «economic catastrophe by»

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The greatest catastrophe encountered by such systems was not economic.

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.

In reference to its efforts to grapple with economic catastrophe, he contended that the EU is «learning by doing», with most European governments pursuing «inappropriate methods» for damage control.

I could not help remembering how economic turmoil had conspired with Nazi nationalism and militarism — all intensified by Germany's defeat in World War I — to send the world reeling into catastrophe... It is not entirely mistaken to contemplate our post-election state with fear and trembling.

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 Heart Goes Last, her first standalone novel since 2000, is set in a near - future America wrecked by economic catastrophe.

«Thailand has arguably been hampered in recent times by political upheavals and environmental catastrophes, such as recent flooding, but nevertheless still presents sizeable opportunities for economic and outbound tourism growth.

As opposed to what has been apparent in painful testimonies by the financial czars of behemoth financial corporations, not to mention our revered economic icons, the objective in natural hazard mitigation has been to determine future impact from extreme but realistic natural catastrophes.

It's perfectly reasonable to be alarmed at plausible threats posed by unprecedented changes in the atmosphere and biology of the earth wrought by human activity, even in the absence of absolute proof of a connection between individual storms, extinctions, and economic catastrophes, and rising levels of CO2.

The socialist economic policies adopted by many faormer colonies led to enviornmental and human catastrophes.

Construction of a planned dam on the Kura (Mtkvari) River in the Turkish province of Ardahan would redirect much of the river's water from the Caspian Sea to the Black Sea, leading to «an ecological and economic catastrophe» in Georgia, officials from the Georgian Green Party are cited as claiming in a recent article by the Georgian publication Democracy & Freedom Watch.

I am equally concerned by those who allege that we will incur economic catastrophes if we take steps to slow climate change.

It also makes economic sense: All those reservoirs filling up with coal ash day after day are just problems waiting to happen, and if we're just waiting for catastrophes to happen before we do something, the true cost of burning coal isn't being internalized properly; local citizens and people downstream of those rivers end up paying for it with their health and by losing their local environment (what if your family house was buried in potentially toxic sludge?).

In January, the World Economic Forum said a catastrophe caused by climate change was the biggest potential threat to the global economy in 2016.

Additionally primary responsibility for climate catastrophe falls on those who bear substantial responsibility by dint of economic positioning, scientific obfuscation, political patronage, political influence or political position as to the direction of our political - economic system, where that system effects our society's energy and land use and therefore climate impacts.

... when it comes to the real - world consequences of those scientific findings, specifically the kind of deep changes required not just to our energy consumption but to the underlying logic of our economic system, the crowd gathered at the Marriott Hotel may be in considerably less denial than a lot of professional environmentalists, the ones who paint a picture of global warming Armageddon, then assure us that we can avert catastrophe by buying «green» products and creating clever markets in pollution.

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development has come out with a strong warning that humans must eliminate fossil fuel emissions by the second half of this century to avoid economic cataEconomic Co-operation and Development has come out with a strong warning that humans must eliminate fossil fuel emissions by the second half of this century to avoid economic cataeconomic catastrophe.

It is not just mandatory by law, but also safeguards your economic interests, especially during natural or man - made catastrophes.