Sentences with phrase «economic divide in»

Jim Goldberg's Rich and Poor and Larry Sultan's SF Society consider the socio - economic divide in San Francisco.

Not exact matches

A recent Pew Research Center survey of scientists and other analysts showed a deep divide in opinions on the economic and employment implications of robotics.

Occupy Wall Street made popular the idea of a country divided between the 99 % and the 1 %, but its really the chief executives of the nation's biggest businesses that are pulling away in the income race and leaving everyone else behind, according to a new report from the Economic Policy Institute.

WASHINGTON — A U.S. debt default in the event that a politically divided Congress fails to raise the federal borrowing limit would imperil the entire global economic recovery, a senior International Monetary Fund official warned Wednesday.

According to the OECD, U.K. GDP per capita — a measure of economic growth that divides GDP per the number of people in a country — has doubled since the country joined the EU in 1973.

«As you consider the Administration's proposal, I ask that you consider policies that will bridge the partisan divide and serve the myriad needs of communities across the country — including those of Nevada,» Sen. Catherine Cortez - Masto of Nevada wrote in a letter to Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and Gary Cohn, the director of the National Economic Council.

By dividing the selling price of a business by its annual revenue or cash flow, we can determine how small businesses are faring in the current economic environment.

Our analysis of Federal Reserve data does reveal a stark divide in the experiences of white, black and Hispanic households during the economic recovery.

Of course, the economic divide between rural and urban communities isn't just an issue in Colorado.

The dissonance in messaging reflects a clear divide between Trump and the Republican Party on economic and trade policy.

Ms. Xiao, who P&G categorizes as a «Level 1» customer because of her economic status (in general, the company uses a 1 to 3 scale to divide its customers in every country), carries a Burberry purse and wears a Hermes belt.

This measure is simply net income divided by Economic Capital, but it is quite revealing in terms of understanding bank business models and behavior.

(1) employment growth, sourced from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Economic Summaries in August 2016, with the percentage representing the employment change from June 2015 to June 2016 in each city; (2) population growth, based on and sourced from the 2014 and 2015 Census, with the percentage representing the change in population from 2014 to 2015; (3) increase in home values, based on Zillow Home Value, with the percentage representing the change in median home values for single - family homes from June 2015 to June 2016, sourced August 2016; (4) years to pay off property, which was based using the median home value for July 2016 and the median rent for a single - family residence for July 2016, both sourced from Zillow; median rent was multiplied by 12 to obtain yearly rent and then home value was divided by yearly rent to determine how many years it would take for the home to be paid off from rental income using current home values and rent prices for each city.

Wilcox writes that «both cultural and economic forces are at work» in widening the marriage and divorce divides.

The neo-conservatives» quest for U.S. domination of the oil fields in the Middle East and of military and economic geopolitics in that region aligns neatly with the views of Harvard scholar Samuel P. Huntington, whose «clash of civilizations» theory divides the world into the West vs. the Rest.

Would the vision of the leaders assembled at the Summit affirming their faith in globalization becoming benevolent in which economic and technological progress distributed to unite rather than divide the community is a reality or just plain rhetoric?

The result is that America is a nation deeply divided between people who are concerned about real - life issues — war and peace, social justice, the health and welfare of people — on one hand, and other people who are concerned, instead, about «values,» by which they mean adherence to ancient taboos, dependence on a magical God, enforcing acceptance of ancient creeds, requiring everyone to believe as they do, and finding safety in raw (though often hidden) social and economic power.

But McGreevy mentions no policies for reducing their «socio - economic plight» — certainly no policies that divide Democrats and Republicans — and it is demeaning to such women not to acknowledge their moral agency in choosing to abort their children.

The range of concrete materials with which the conference deals is suggested by the titles of the five sections into which the delegates were divided for simultaneous sessions of intensive discussion: «The Church and the Community» (meaning by «community» what the Germans mean by Volk, society in its larger units viewed with reference to its cultural and racial coherence rather than its political organization); «Church and State»; «The Church and the Economic Order»; «Church, Community and State in Relation to Education»; «The Universal Church and the World of Nations.»

And researchers in Canada and Belarus also finished a comprehensive study, for the first time controlling for education and socio - economic factors by dividing mothers in Belarus into two groups: one in which mothers were encouraged to breastfeed by their care providers and one in which no additional encouragement was offered.

The Blair / Brown economic legacy was one of under - investment in key infrastructure, notably transport and energy; a continuing decline in manufacturing contributing to a structural balance of payments deficit; an accelerating regional economic divide; and a speculative property and construction boom financing public and private consumption through highly leveraged government and household debt.

The partisan divide between the core cities Cabinet's leadership and the Conservative - Liberal Democrat government is now being put aside in pursuit of the common goal of economic growth, experts claim.

Senate Republicans were divided over whether to back the minimum wage increase, which hikes the pay floor to $ 15 in New York city and the suburbs and to $ 12.50 upstate, with future increases tied to an economic analysis.

They share a view that devolution in England should be primarily about economic development, and recognise the presence of a North - South divide within England.

Some are even suggesting the position be divided in two, or a vice president position added, with one role geared toward academics and the other on the side of industry and economic development related to the SUNY Poly research facilities.

The conference is part of a five - year project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) entitled «Conflict in Cities and the Contested State: Everyday Life and the Possibilities for Transformation of Conflict in Belfast, Jerusalem and Other Divided Cities» (CinC).

Instead of dividing Washington Heights in half, the proposed map makes it a «community of interest» — a self - contained area with common institutions, cultural, economic, political and social bonds.

With regards to rent and sale of property owned by private developers, the President bemoaned prices are too high for the average Ghanaian, encouraging private sector investment in cheaper housing for people from varying economic divides.

In popular conception, Westchester County is generally divided into northern and southern areas by virtue of their distinguishing social and economic differences.

Two political leaders from upstate New York seen as possible candidates for governor next year weighed in on incumbent Andrew Cuomo, the upstate - downstate divide and the state's economic future during a forum Monday in Albany.

Veritas is finished and was really pretty much from the beginning, it never had any real raison d'etre other than as the Robert Kilroy Silk Fanclub and now that he has abandoned them what is there left for them, The English Democrats are somewhat lightweight policy wise, UKIP actually despite the Kilroy Fiasco got the second biggest gain in total number of votes for any party after the Liberal Democrats and at 2.5 % are now up to where the Liberal Party was in the 1950's, on the other hand the Liberal Democrats have a lacklustre leadership campaign with a lot of scandals, are divided on economic policy and show every sign of being ready to implode.

On economic competence, Labour's lead is down to 8 points compared to 22 points at the general election and, perhaps surprisingly given the Conservative party is in the midst of a leadership campaign, while both parties are seen as divided, more people think Labour is divided than the Tories (70 % compared to 58 %).

State, local and federal elected officials have created a new coalition meant to bridge the digital divide in central New York, as they say a lack of quality high speed Internet has become an economic development issue in Syracuse.

ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN / AP)-- Two political leaders from upstate New York seen as possible candidates for governor next year weighed in on incumbent Andrew Cuomo, the upstate - downstate divide and the state's economic future during a forum Monday in Albany.

The most daunting challenges for the Labour leader are to restore the party's economic reputation and forge a new political economy, and to demonstrate some supple leadership in dividing the coalition and demonstrating Labour's ability to adapt to this more plural political environment.

With the party divided between social and economic liberals, debates on nuclear power, the economy, tuition fees, green policy and taxation are unlikely to yield unanimous responses, resulting in internal division which may hinder the party's ability to project a clear and consistent message in the run up to 2015.

The mayor's interjection came in the context of a larger point about de Blasio's campaign focusing on the economic fissures that divide New York.

It was also at NCI that I experienced first hand how biomedical research can have an impact on the political and economic well being of a country: I worked with Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland in using the framework of cancer research as a vehicle to close a political divide.

«He said cultural heritage is a key to economic development and, in a country so divided, critical for a strong national identity,» Stein recalls.

The Genomic Medicine Alliance activities are divided into 8 Working Groups, namely Genome Informatics, Pharmacogenomics, Cancer Genomics, Rare Diseases, Public Health Genomics, Economic evaluation in Genomic Medicine, Genethics, and Quality Assurance.

I think most people would say 2017 was a pretty rough year in terms of violence and political, social, and economic divide.

Elizabeth Banks, Boyd Holbrook and Jacob Lofland star as the three broken people whom writer - director Sara Colangelo uses to explore small - town life in a factory town where the economic divide can be felt in every interaction.

Even so, the movie's core issue is the gaping divide between obscene Westside wealth and the relative economic struggle in South Central.

In Horton Foote's comedy «Dividing the Estate,» a fading, old - money Texas clan squabbles over its inheritance, with the nonagenarian playwright slyly shining a light on the excesses of American economic prosperity that we've long taken for granted.

As danah boyd said in 2007 of the MySpace / Facebook divide, «Who goes where gets kinda sticky... probably because it seems to primarily have to do with socio - economic class.»

«We need to hone in on tackling the gender divide that has seen the results of Australia's boys trail behind girls and work to close the performance gap between students from high and low socio - economic status backgrounds,» he said.

Most parents say they value racial / ethnic and economic diversity in schools — but they're divided on its actual benefits, and interest wanes if it means a longer trip to school.

«They didn't give east of the river [the Anacostia, one of the major racial and economic dividing lines in the city] any consideration,» one resident complained.

Analysts divided students into four socio - economic levels and found that U.S. students in the second highest quarter were outperformed by students in similar income levels in 15 other countries in science and 24 countries in math.

The four economic factors highlighted here are insufficient to explain what has happened in these states, as current tax and school finance policies, partisan divides, union influence, and many other state - level features contributed to the strikes that are now happening.