Sentences with phrase «economic dislocation»

To see the issue of economic dislocation as one affecting only laid - off blue - collar workers, for example, or as only the result of Reaganomics, would be a gross misunderstanding of what is happening.

The decimation of our forests has led to enormous economic dislocations as well as many environmental losses.

In the latter state, after the large Western International Conference on Economic Dislocation last fall, a statewide coalition of eight local groups was formed.

The current economic dislocation has provoked a lot of lawyers to scurry for new career opportunities — sometimes under duress.

Through forming and supporting such groups, the churches will identify much more closely with the people and communities affected by economic dislocation.

They did actually mention economic dislocation in their discussion of transitional effects but did not attempt to speculate their way to a numerical conclusion.

Unless and until they do so, economic growth alone can not provide justification for policies that cause obvious economic dislocations and inflict suffering on considerable segments of society.

But this primary came at a time of extreme economic dislocation and was a direct result of the perception that George Bush could not fathom the difficulties working people were encountering in a cooling economy.»

Given the economic crisis, the govt's reckless response to it (i.e., throw money at it) which will likely result in scary levels of inflation, further economic dislocation and increased govt control of our lives as it tries to correct the unintended conseqeunces of each of their prior interventions, and NOW stories like this, I think the similarities are becoming increasingly apparrent.

However, Gleick argues, some legislative and regulatory tools are impractical for regions experiencing economic dislocations due to agricultural disruptions and drought.

The massive economic dislocation that accompanied the collapse of the Soviet Union turned Russia into an ideal breeding ground for a TB epidemic.

Given the lack of a global agreement, the trillion dollar efforts of the United States will result in significant economic dislocations with no measurable benefits for climate change.

The current economic dislocation has provoked a lot of lawyers to scurry for new career opportunities.

While the causes of economic dislocation are always different, the results are generally the same... high unemployment, a banking system in danger of collapsing, with extreme economic contraction, all symptoms of a full recession.

PAKMAN: The economic anxiety we see in the United States is only just starting because the amount of economic dislocation that will happen over the next 10 to 20 years is so much greater than what's happened already.

In that regard, it is worth noting that the three major economic areas, none of which have an explicit inflation - targeting framework have suffered at least as large an economic dislocation as the inflation - targeting countries, and in the case of Japan, considerably larger.

In light of both the religious statements on work and of what is happening to us during this economic dislocation of work and the workplace, some critical moral questions begin to emerge.

Also encouraging is last summer's inauguration by the Division of Church and Society of the National Council of Churches of a national networking and support project for those hurt by plant closings and economic dislocations.

Asia and Africa are undergoing the social, cultural, and economic dislocation and collapse of the traditional order that hit Europe and North America two hundred years earlier.

• The social impact of energy development in rural areas which produces a «boomtown syndrome» and its accompanying social and economic dislocations.

Every effort must be made to avoid a repeat of that economic dislocation upon farmers,» Mr Zandstra said.

The result was a series of catastrophic policies (like the cultural revolution) that caused great harm (from purges of opponents, economic dislocation and famine).

He told the BBC: «Many communities are fed up with cuts and economic dislocation and feel very angry about the way they have been betrayed and marginalised.

Do we really know that there will be major economic dislocations?

Dr. Mahoney said that was above his pay grade, but offered that the administration had to worry about the «economic dislocation» caused by any mandatory program.

Our legislation understands, Errol, that there will be economic dislocation.

A 10 % chance of economic dislocation.

Unchecked climate change may cause economic dislocations that substantially alter the course of GDP.

This requires major personal deprivation and economic dislocations.

The will is not there to endure such deprivation and hardships, and the major economic dislocations that will follow.

Economic dislocation on huge scale seems inescapable.

In short, there is no reason whatsoever that completely eliminating the demand for fossil fuels must necessarily require «major personal deprivation and economic dislocations» — as the fossil fuel corporations, peak oil alarmists and others would have us believe.

The resulting approach may help to heal historic injustices, such as residential schools and economic dislocation, that have had societal repercussions (see Social Conditions of Indigenous Peoples and Economic Conditions of Indigenous Peoples.)