The phrase
"economic suicide" means taking actions or making decisions that harm or destroy the overall economic well-being or prosperity of a country or organization. It can refer to policies, strategies, or choices that result in severe negative consequences for the economy, such as high unemployment, economic recession, or financial collapse.
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The idea that developing nations will
commit economic suicide by not increasing their generation of electricity using the least costly method available, i.e., coal, is delusional.
They know perfectly well that this is a recipe
for economic suicide by the West, so their demands seem to be posturing either as a start to bargaining, or more likely to excuse their determination to continue their growth path without restrictions.
Thank you, President Trump, for standing up for America's economy and our workers against those who have embraced the
Paris economic suicide pact.»
The Obama - Jinping deal, in essence,
proposes economic suicide for the United States, mandating that Americans slash carbon dioxide emissions by 26 - 28 percent from 2005 levels by 2025.
The only way to save Ontario
from economic suicide, by wind turbines, is to elect a «Trump» in the next election.
But in 1985, U.S. diplomats asked Japan to please commit
economic suicide.
Fully electric and with a 200 - kWh battery pack, Musk says, it would be «
economic suicide» for trucking companies to continue driving diesel trucks.
Allowing all of the wealth to collect and stagnate at the top is
economic suicide.
There are also economists and others in every country who know that sharp emission cuts means economic pain, or even (say some British critics)
economic suicide.
I think maybe the board have said to him that this is
economic suicide, as you can not just keep adding, without selling.
The US stopping QE is
economic suicide, so there has to be some explanation beyond incompetence.
Bloomberg is on a nationwide mission to force both presidential candidates to give specifics on how they would deal with immigration reform — an issue he says it would be
economic suicide to ignore.
Departure would be
economic suicide, though.
The endangerment finding thus sets the stage for eco-litigation groups to transform the Clean Air Act into
an economic suicide pact.
«Failure to complete high school is almost equivalent to
economic suicide,»... said the co-author of the study on education and the youth labor market in Illinois.
Especially where it concerns getting the Indians and Chinese to sign on to
some economic suicide pact based in part on the love of whales (I'm pretty sure whales are part of this at some level; the whale / sonar thread was most enlightening.)
We can not overestimate the damage done by state policies of terror and
economic suicide.
The developed world is midway through committing
economic suicide, being encouraged as it goes by the emotional sop of... «think of your children and those defenseless poor animals who can not speak for themselves».
Here at Climate Reality, we've been having a similar thought hearing senators and media pundits rehearse the tired old claim that switching from fossil fuels to clean energy would be
economic suicide: «Wait, people still believe that?»
Does the U.S. really want to lead the world in committing
economic suicide?
Unfortunately Canada now has a pretty Prime Minister who will drag us down the same road and commit
economic suicide.
They're already in the process of committing
economic suicide and don't need any help from the UN.
Let us see what the Sierra Club and consorts will drudge up for a demonstration this Sunday to demonstrate to Congress the country needs to commit
economic suicide.