Sentences with phrase «economic time bomb»

This abrupt increase in the gas, 20 times as effective at trapping heat as carbon dioxide, would accelerate global warming 15 - 35 years ahead of current projections, setting off a so - called «economic time bomb» of some $ 60 trillion (roughly the size of the 2012 global economy, writes Climate Central) the commentary estimates.

The Guardian called it an «economic time bomb» that will «undermine the global financial system.»

Release of the PISA results in 2004, for instance, led to headlines like «Economic Time Bomb» (Kronholz, 2004) and «Math + Test = Trouble for the U.S. Economy» (Chaddock, 2004).

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[The five families] enter a time of enormous social, political, and economic turmoil, beginning with the rise of the Third Reich, through the Spanish Civil War and the great dramas of World War II, up to the explosions of the American and Soviet atomic bombs.

Meanwhile in China, the ruling Communist Party has mostly abandoned its pledge for badly needed economic reforms as it seeks to maintain GDP growth of at least 6.5 %, creating fears about a debt time bomb waiting to explode.

The only time it makes economic sense to call on these more expensive resources is when demand pushes electricity prices high enough, as it did during the bomb cyclone.