Sentences with phrase «economic clout from»

By taking away economic clout from politically connected firms, street protests could shift the balance of power in countries that have few checks on government influence.

Not exact matches

In consequence the new middle class has cultural clout enormously larger than one might expect from its relatively modest numbers and financial resources (the latter are considerable, but still modest when compared to the economic might of the business community).

(Which, incidentally, is another theme that reappears throughout European history...) But still, in the new North vs. South Europe France could represent the crucial swing vote, and throw some political clout behind the interests of the South, preventing Germany from fully setting the economic agenda for the continent.

Certainly decisions such as ousting Papandreou from office and interference into the Greek electoral campaign could have been made only in Berlin given Germany's economic and political clout.

American women stayed home from work, zipped up their wallets, wore red and joined rallies across the country to demonstrate their economic clout as part of International Women's Day events around the globe.

From this point, taxes on imported and exported goods were paid, and the city's ports, where countless goods changed hands, were serviced and maintained, effectively becoming a major seat of the young nation's quickly growing economic clout and international interests.

They want to cap or severely limit economic growth in the U.S. and the West by imposing on our populations carbon taxes, mandates and wealth transfers from those who lack political clout to the politically connected cronies in the renewable energy industry who produce inefficient and uneconomic fuel.