Sentences with phrase «economic gains made»

Hillary Clinton counters this with the claim that America is already great, citing the tremendous economic gains made since the 2008 — 2010 Great Recession under the Obama presidency.

Perhaps the big economic gains made by blacks in the 1990s didn't show up in improved test scores until the 2000s.

The present system treats the costs of restoring the situation to what it was before we polluted to the economic gains made in the process of polluting.

Not exact matches

Our decision was not made for economic gain and our values are not for sale.

Health care made up 19,500 of those gains, making it (yet again) one of the major drivers of economic growth.

When pressed for clarification about the comment, a White House official told Fortune the President was simply stressing the economic gains that had been made under his Administration.

Some Prefatory Remarks to the N.Y.U. Real Estate Institute discussion, Oct. 25, 2001 Economic theory focuses on labor and capital, yet the largest category of tangible assets is not industrial plant and machinery earning profits, but real estate, and its primary objective is to make capital gains.

Mr. Morneau's short speech made several references to ensuring the gains of economic growth are not concentrated in the pockets of the wealthy.

A combination of bad economic news from Germany, hawkish comments from key Federal Reserve committee members that appeared to contravene Janet Yellen's doctrine, and the continued bullish endeavours of the markets ensured that the dollar started this week in a very similar position to last, as demonstrated by the chart (from IG's global forex trading system) that shows AUD, GBP and EUR retracing gains made on Wednesday October 8 by Sunday 12..

The bottom line, after summing across all sectors, is that Ontario makes a small gain, although one that is disproportionately smaller than its share of Canadian economic activity.

Any gains the black race has made in this country was severely devastated by the economic downturn.

While the Muslims lost in the economic, political, and educational spheres, the Hindus made corresponding gains all around due to their realistic acceptance of the new order and their freedom from a false sense of pride.

But most educated people believe that the gains to income from capitalism's triumph have been modest, that the poor have been left behind, that the Third World has been made miserable in aid of the enrichment of the First, that population growth must be controlled, that diminishing returns on the whole has been the main force in world economic history since 1800.

Now it would seem to make more sense to subtract the economic costs of dealing with pollution and its consequences from the gains that have been made in the act of producing that pollution.

A decision - making process driven by social needs progressively left its place to a cold and blind efficiency, guided by an economic system, the essential value of which is financial gain.

Are we engaged in a process of consolidation of theological gains made, or will our thinking remain candles in the wind, subject to the twists and turns of capricious winds blowing from various directions, and sometimes artificially created by «fans» run by the motor of vested interests motivated by a selfish global and economic agenda?

How can companies make better decisions if they are encouraged to look not just at short - term economic gains, but also at medium - to long - term societal and ecological gains?

The gains made by this trade allow sustained economic growth in the country.

Turning around decades of economic decline in a matter of years is «an unreasonable expectation» even as gains in job growth have been made, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said at an event in Glens Falls on Wednesday.

Mr Brown told business leaders it was about, «taking government out of areas where it need not be and government guaranteeing economic decisions are made as they should be, for long - term economic purposes, not for short - term partisan gain».

Unfortunately, today we're seeing that economic prosperity isn't being shared by everyone, and that too many families are falling behind despite record profits and economic gains being made by the country as a whole.

The President noted that, gains made in the economy over the past year included reduced inflation, increased economic growth, rising GDP by up to 7.9 percent, and an increase in Ghana's international reserves.

«It threatens local businesses, the economic gains we've made in the Southern Tier and the environmental legacy we wish to leave for the region,» Damiani said.

More than half a century later a minority of the black middle class has made gains, but tens of millions of poorer black people remain locked out of economic empowerment.

As part of the economic solution, there should be a «productivity partnership fund» created for unions and businesses to make joint bids to support productivity gains.

Amid a challenging market place that includes economic uncertainty here at home and overseas, the state pension fund made modest gains during the first quarter of the state fiscal year.

The governor also appealed to the Corps members to use the opportunity to make new friends, engage in social and economic development programmes to gain a better Nigeria.

IMANI Africa President, Franklin Cudjoe believes the real test for the Akufo - Addo administration's economic management team will come in 2018, following the macroeconomic gains made in 2017.

The underlying figures on economic competence and who would make the best leader also show the Conseratives gaining ground — Labour now have only a 3 point lead on which party would be better at running the economy well and Blair is only 1 point ahead of Cameron on who would make the best Prime Minister.

Blazosky stated, «Oneida County's hotel industry has made sound gains from the economic downturn of 2009 and is now surpassing 2008 levels for occupancy, average daily rate, revenues, and demand for rooms, and has done so while adding 250 rooms to the available inventory with the opening of the Microtel Inn & Suites and the Fairfield Inn & Suites in Verona and the Wingate in Rome.»

As polls show their party poised to make big gains this fall, National Republicans believe that a new round of attack ads arguing that the $ 814 billion economic stimulus created jobs in China will be a potent closing argument against Democratic incumbents.

There are economic gains to be made by moving to clean energy, which should convince the people who are not convinced by the climate arguments, or the clean air arguments, or the national security arguments.

Brookhaven National Lab, in my district not only has made monumental scientific discoveries, but has also been the breeding ground for hundreds of innovations that have led to economic gains for business and entrepreneurs, and which have improved the quality of life for millions of Americans.

In my district alone, Brookhaven National Lab has made monumental scientific discoveries and has been the breeding ground for hundreds of innovations that have led to economic gains for business and entrepreneurs, and which have improved the quality of life for millions of Americans.

Taking leaps of faith on tech progress The point, he added, was that if the breakthroughs can be made, the economic and employment gains are potentially massive.

They then played an economic game in which player A has to make a decision about whether to cooperate with player B for less individual gain (but more collective gain) or to adopt a selfish strategy which leads to greater individual gain at the cost of collective gain.

Rather, the more exploited the fishery, the more economic gains to be derived from allowing it to make a comeback.

But scientists say that the economic stimulus package moving quickly through the U.S. Congress provides so much support for research that Canadian scientists once again will be tempted to cross the border, offsetting gains made over the past decade as a result of faculty - recruitment programs.

The risk that a future sustained economic recovery, and the probable general price increases that would come with it, might offset the gains made in recent years is real and should be anticipated.»

However, because the gains which have been made in reducing health care spending are largely attributable to price dynamics (such as reduced or no growth in physician reimbursement rates, and high use of cheaper generic drugs), the authors warn that any future economic recovery might reverse the progress that has been made in recent years.

As more people with disabilities offer their talents to society and the workplace, we should also see economic gains since people with disabilities will have more disposable income to make purchases in addition to paying taxes.»

All Real Beauty products are hand - made in small batches by women who are working to break free from the cycle of poverty and gain economic independence.

And following the «Greed is good «80s» and big economic gains in the «90s, aspiration was en vogue, which made the movies especially attractive.

Without sustainable peace, gains made through the MDGs framework will be reversed if not derailed by conflict or insecurity driven by deep - seated anger due to economic marginalisation or exclusion.

With the economic crisis it is automatic that programs to prevent conflicts will reduce and this may roll back the gains made in addressing the condition of the current displacement or generate new crisis that would lead to new displacement.

Children who attend high - quality state preschool programs with well - trained teachers make significant academic gains, regardless of their families» economic status, according to a new study.

Students who have the most effective teachers make gains three times as large as those with less effective teachers, according to experts such as Stanford University's Eric Hanushek, whose specialty is economic analysis of educational issues.

Expecting the curricula standards of, say, the early 20th century, to meet the intellectual challenges of this century just doesn't make sense; neither does expecting Common Core, which is geared toward helping kids gain the skills needed for this time, to meet the economic and social challenges of the next century.

The greatest gains in reducing gaps in achievement and opportunity have been made during periods when concentrated poverty has been dispersed through efforts at integration, or during economic growth for the black middle class and other communities, or where significant new investments in school funding have occurred.

If compare the cost to giving away a free Kindle (or highly subsidized higher - end Kindle) to every Prime member who signs up or re-ups for two years vs. a) the revenue gained from the ebooks purchased by those customers, b) the revenue from new Prime members, and c) being able to offer a package which is basically free shipping on all Amazon orders + Netflix + Spotify + a ton of free books + a free Kindle... that's got ta make good economic sense for them, right?