Sentences with phrase «economic devastation on»

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MacDonald had been rejected by Labour (as had the über - Blairites today) but he went on to make the cuts (in a Tory dominated coalition) and cause economic devastation for a generation.

Overcoming economic and political devastation, Singapore transformed itself within the past 40 years, offering low taxes for investors, creating a first - class infrastructure; all with a focus on stable government and multi-cultural acceptance.

With some 100 works by forty artists, The Left Front examines the crucial moment in American history when artists took to their printing presses (and brushes and cameras) amid the economic and social devastation brought on by the Great Depression.

On the topic of general ignorance, most Americans don't begin to grasp how deeply their consumption habits — house size, commuting habits, reliance on trucked - in food, air conditioning — contribute to environmental devastation and economic instability in the world at largOn the topic of general ignorance, most Americans don't begin to grasp how deeply their consumption habits — house size, commuting habits, reliance on trucked - in food, air conditioning — contribute to environmental devastation and economic instability in the world at largon trucked - in food, air conditioning — contribute to environmental devastation and economic instability in the world at large.

While we could not survive if the natural environment were utterly ruined, we could prosper very well under many scenarios of terrible ecological devastation, and so straightforward utilitarian economic analyses of environmental problems are not enough on their own to justify protecting nature.