Sentences with phrase «economic underpinnings of»

In all three cases, regulators have failed to understand the technical and economic underpinnings of cryptocurrency and have drafted regulations that could well cause more harm than good.

With wholesale rates that hover around $ 40 per MWh in ERCOT, a federal program that pays wind generators $ 23 per MWh ultimately destroys the economic underpinnings of the wholesale competitive electric market.

From: http://www.thegwpf.org/the-climate-record/4377-unchanging-science-why-climate-skepticism-is-a-virtue-not-a-vice.html «Think of it this way: The premise of catastrophe produces the conclusion that the political and economic underpinnings of Western civilization must be discarded -LSB-...] Now, in a purely logical world, the rejection of the premise would mean that we don't have to accept the conclusion.

Her work seeks to expose the structural biases, social prejudices, and economic underpinnings of cultural institutions.

As per the title, he thinks the urban environment is our greatest invention as a species, and explores the economic underpinnings of assorted cities, ascendant and in decline, today and through history.

Kent pointed to the obvious economic underpinning of close ties between Canada and Cuba, including mining and other investment, and the flocks of Canadian tourists who travel to Cuba for sun - and - sand vacations.

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However, going back to the old model of consumption - driven growth underpinned by the housing market, all this recent positive economic news shouldn't get anyone breaking out the champagne.

The book's short chapters address the economic underpinnings and challenges of everything from climate change to global governance to the imbalance between savings and investment in China.

No new grandiose neologism (the favourite of late is «North American energy security,» which presumably aims to get Americans to think about the energy market as the missing piece in the larger economic integration process underpinned by NAFTA).

Counsel to AT&T Inc. (T) and Time Warner Inc. (TWX) took aim at the economic projections underpinning the Department of Justice lawsuit to block their merger, in closing arguments on Monday afternoon.

And rather, they threaten to undermine America's closest alliances, sabotage the prospects for a joint effective response to China's rise, and deliver a serious blow to the already fraying set of multilateral institutions that underpin global economic order.

A key part of any budget is the economic assumptions underpinning the budget's numbers.

The policies adopted by Housing NSW and the State Govt are, of course, underpinned by economic rationalism, and completely ignore the social and historical significance of the properties and the area in general.

Cohen said the economic assumptions underpinning the system were «laughable» and ignore hundreds of years of understanding about how currencies work.

The narrative underpinning the Trump rally is slowly unraveling with rate - hike jitters threatening the sustainability of the global economic recovery.

Self - taught, his management style is based on the strict application of the principles of value management (Graham, Buffet, Peter Lynch, etc.), underpinned by a deep understanding of the Austrian theory of economic cycles.

The recent buying of the currency seems to have been underpinned by the strengthening in commodity prices, reflecting the sharp improvement in the market's view about world economic prospects.

Some of this good news is already priced in, but we expect a steady and synchronized global economic expansion to underpin risk assets for now.

This means that periods of relative underperformance are inevitable, but the economic logic underpinning fundamental value investing should ensure satisfactory absolute returns when measured over a suitable time horizon.

The economic and moral underpinning for this thesis was provided by a 53 - year - old Scottish professor named Adam Smith, who that same year published his equally famous Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.

To deal justly with the socio - economic situation of Africa, we have to agree to the necessity of social analysis and an understanding of the historical and cultural underpinnings of what we experience.

This libertarian tie between political and economic freedom underpins Reagan's diagnosis that «our present troubles parallel and are proportionate to the intervention and intrusion in our lives that result from unnecessary and excessive growth of government.»

The award ceremony was underpinned by speeches that recognised the seismic technological, economic and social changes challenging traditional industries, innovations like James Cropper's landmark recycling process for many of the billions of paper coffee cups thrown away each year, were formally recognised by business peers.

At the same time, growing demand for seafood and signs of economic recovery underpin industry confidence in the long - term sustainability and profitability of seafood processing in the UK.

The Australian Food and Grocery Council's (AFGC) annual industry snapshot State of the Industry 2015, released today, shows a 28 % surge in Australia's food and beverage exports in 2014 - 15 underpinning growth in the food and grocery sector despite challenging economic conditions.

Other strengths of the underpinning cohort study include high participation by midwifery units and trusts in England; the minimisation of selection bias through achievement of a high response rate and absence of self selection bias because of non-consent; and the ability to compare groups that were similar in terms of identified clinical risk.12 The economic evaluation was conducted according to nationally agreed design and reporting guidelines.15 26 Collection of primary unit cost data was thorough and accounted for regional differences in care patterns.

A fully functioning transport infrastructure is essential to underpinning a successful economy and has been at the forefront of CIHT's vision for a prosperous economic future for the UK.

And here, city - regions have become the main foci of both formulation of national discourses as underpinning quests for autonomy, and economic capacity to generate necessary resources (see PSIN 2014).

For instance, analysis of the modes and mechanisms of exit, the economic impacts of exit, and the norms that underpin the dominant paradigms of exit — these are just a few of the academic issues that we address in the book.

The government has shown its commitment to replacing our ageing energy infrastructure, and the Electricity Market Reform (EMR) proposals are intended to provide the economic and commercial underpinning to investments in a range of low - carbon technologies, including nuclear.

Which, given the bleak economic news underpinning it, is something of a minor miracle.

The iron triangle is an attempt to examine the three fundamental underpinnings of any successful political party: leader image, economic competence and party unity.

The company is at the heart of one of the greatest challenges facing our society — to create new, sustainable energy solutions for the future and developing an energy system that underpins economic prosperity in the 21st century.

It is for this reason that he has said, «The NPP's agenda for economic growth and job creation is underpinned by a programme of rapid and aggressive industrialisation and value addition, especially in agro-processing and light manufacturing.

This is the type of excellent bioscience research underpinning health that BBSRC seeks to fund to deliver social and economic benefits for all.»

The election of Donald Trump in the US, Britain's vote to leave the European Union and the rise of right - wing nationalist parties across Europe signal a sharp shift away from the political and economic liberalism that have underpinned Western policy for decades, sowing widespread uncertainty and threatening to slow the integration of global markets with new curbs on the free movement of both people and products.

A key assumption underpinning the report of the National Commission on Excellence in Education back in 1983 was that America's economic well - being was intimately tied to the quality of its schools.

Water resources, and the range of services they provide, underpin economic growth, poverty reduction and environmental sustainability.

Steve Hill, Director of External Engagement at The Open University, comments: «Productivity underpins economic growth, playing a vital role in our economy and society as a whole.

It's also the best guarantee of the economic prosperity that underpins a strong education system and ensures a bright future for our country's young people.»

It digs deeper than most, analyzing flaws in economic and financial theories that underpinned the errors of the crisis.

Underpinning everything is the game's economic system which dictates the value of every product within the world at any given time.

The Smiles Are Not Smiles can be seen as a continuation of Michael Stevenson's enquiry into the complexities that underpin the economic life of the art world.

Chinese officials have sworn to clean up the air, but economic growth remains the country's top priority, and coal remains a critical underpinning of growth.

One way to consider the question is to look back at the gush of federal research and development dollars that underpinned the actual space race (and led to a string of innovations that NASA says have produced far greater economic benefits than the research cost).

Lendlease's vision of creating the best places is underpinned by a long and proud history of an approach where environmental and social outcomes are given equal priority to economic.

Meanwhile, senior representatives of the UN Security Council meet today under an initiative of Norway's chairmanship to discuss how to tackle the economic agendas underpinning conflicts like the Angolan civil war.

underpins an economic system which is raping the planet of its resources at an exponential rate and relies on us consuming stuff we don't need.

Why is it that revolutionary changes in our social / economic / political system are greeted with enthusiasm, as «progress», and yet the rather small increase on atmospheric [CO2], a byproduct of cheap transport and electricity that underpins our whole way of life, is treated as a disaster?

Development of Queensland and Northwest Shelf gas supplies will underpin economic energy industry wealth creation in Australia for decades to come.