Sentences with phrase «economic wasteland»
The phrase "economic wasteland" refers to a place or situation where there is a significant lack of economic activity, opportunities, or growth. It implies that the area or situation is unproductive, stagnant, or struggling financially. Full definition
Marrying colleges with business in a concerted strategy, which come to think of it was why community colleges were established 50 years ago, was not a bad idea to help out that economic wasteland called upstate New York.
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In his commentary on the implications of technological change for the future workforce, Marc S. Tucker calls our attention to several studies that replace the now - familiar vision of a «knowledge - based» information society with stark predictions of an economic wasteland for the majority of future workers (Education Week, Dec. 14, 1983).
Building schools in an economic wasteland does little good.
Never mind that upstate New York is still an economic wasteland.
A ghost is haunting Woodward Avenue late on a Saturday night, disturbing the silence that stretches all the way from downtown Detroit through the economic wasteland near Hamtramck to the slumbering suburbs above 8 Mile.
CSP plants, it was thought, could dot the desert terrain that stretches across Arizona, Nevada, and California, turning what many had considered an economic wasteland into a valuable natural resource.
The stubbornness of staying in this economic wasteland has hurt the membership.