Sentences with phrase «economies and the markets work»

Downturns are natural and just a part of how economies and the markets work.

Not exact matches

The power of platforms is explained in a new book, Platform Revolution: How Networked Markets are Transforming the Economy and How to Make Them Work for You, by Geoffrey Parker, Marshall Van Alstyne, and Sangeet Choudary.

Uber's strategy, like many major players in Silicon Valley's white - hot sharing economy (Airbnb among them), has been to work quickly to establish itself in as many markets as possible and deal with legal pitfalls and red tape later.

In the United States economy, the twin arms of the unemployment rate and the stock market are, for the moment, working just fine.

«Amazon's monopolistic desire to control the retail market and replace good jobs with automation is not only a direct threat to the hard - working men and women at Whole Foods, it's also a direct threat to our economy and consumers.»

I think we will be able to influence the way the global economy works and implement things like Robin Hood taxes [on financial market transactions] and ban high - frequency flash trading and dismantle this global casino.

In today's eco-conscious economy, companies that develop and market green tech are revered for their work, which is actually quite profitable.

If the on - demand economy grows and more people take on this sort of work, the potential market could be huge.

In response to such a call from the G - 20 in Washington, D.C. last week, Germany's finance minister side stepped the issue and talked about the need for the ECB to start withdrawing its money market liquidity — i.e., whatever remains of a meager life support to economies crushed with 19 million people out of work and 3.6 million of young people unable to find jobs and make a living.

We aim to make consumer financial markets work for consumers, responsible providers, and the economy as a whole.

If markets get a little tipsy, embrace the «gig» economy and work for 8 hours a week to buffer your nest egg.

The sooner the economy works through the adjustment in capital spending that was required well before September 11, and the sooner that the financial markets stop misallocating capital, the stronger this nation will be in the long run.

The thinking is that, as the bond buying has not worked, then the best way to keep business flowing (and markets steady) would be to keep rates low, which encourages, at least theoretically, companies to borrow, expand and grow the economy.

The size of India's own shadow economy — which includes black market transactions and undeclared work — is roughly a quarter the size of gross domestic product (GDP).

«Modern financial theory amounts to the belief that hard work, superior insight, and good judgement - the keys to success in the real economy - are ineffectual for the investor in public markets.

There are many research firms doing good work and providing diligent research, and our free - market economy will ensure their prosperity as long as diligence remains a priority.

Given the consistently good news we've seen from the housing market, it can be easy to forget just how much damage the bursting of the real estate bubble has wrought on the economy and the lives of average people across the country.

A decade after having proclaimed the «end of history» and the arrival of a new world order of prosperity based on «democracy and the market», globalised financial capital has subjected the majority of the planet's working populations to the burden of international recession, which has spread out in leaps and bounds, from Asia: recession and deflation in the world's second economy, Japan; recession and even depression m various east Asian countries, since the first quarter of 1997; the collapse of the Russian economy six years ago and financial bankruptcy in July 1998; brutal recession in the leading economy of Latin America, Brazil; the beginning of the downturn in the economies of the OECD countries.

Five years into the recovery, the unemployment rate for the least - skilled American workers is still 8.5 percent and many workers who left the labor market during the Great Recession have been having trouble finding work even with an improving economy.

With private property initiatives and market incentives kept in place, appropriate cultural changes («a great deal of educational and cultural work,» CA No. 36) can be introduced to purge capitalism of consumerism and thereby bring the market economy to a higher level of moral perfection.

Both democratic culture and a market economy push us in the direction of fitting work» that is, freely chosen work which both forms and expresses who we are.

Whatever the specific reforms — and we would expect a period of experiment to see what forms are most effective — the major benefit in the democratization of the economy would be to limit the harshness of the labor market, to give everyone who works a stake in the enterprise he or she works in and even in the economy at large, thus reducing both the anxiety and the cynicism that are rampant in our present economic life.

The democratization of the economy would limit the harshness of the labor market, give everyone who works a stake in the enterprise he or she works in and even in the economy at large, thus reducing both the anxiety and the cynicism that are rampant in our present economic life.

AFSA and the Victorian Farmers Markets Association have today released a joint public statement, calling on the Victorian Government to work with AFSA, VFMA and small producers to engage in open and constructive discussions about how to support the rapidly emerging local and fair food economy in Victoria.

She is a graduate of the Natural Gourmet Institute in New York City, and apprenticed under the worker - ownership of Three Stone Hearth in Berkeley, California, the first community supported kitchen (CSK) of its kind and has experience managing farmer's markets, working with a variety of artisan food producers, in restaurants, business management and organizations promoting urban food sustainability, local food economies and seasonality.

Hours worked in the economy and total and private sector employment have all exceeded their pre-recession peak, contrary to market expectations.

But only if, as suggested here, we adopt the invitation of a green republican political economy perspective, and begin to politically and creatively imagine «economic policy» beyond «neoclassical economics»; the «economy» beyond the «market»; and «work» beyond «employment».

Economists distinguish a number of types of unemployment, however: cyclical unemployment is brought about by the vagaries of the business cycle; structural unemployment is brought about by changes in the economy or the labour market, when the jobs available do not fit the workforce's skills; frictional unemployment is the phenomenon of people being «between jobs»; and seasonal unemployment is linked to certain types of seasonal jobs, such as farm work and construction.

They should look to challenge the free - market orthodoxies that led to the current crisis, and which leave people enslaved in an economy where materialism dictates ever longer hours worked in order that people can acquire more «stuff», even though it doesn't make them any happier.

Mr Ramsden joined the Treasury in 1988 and has worked on a wide range of macroeconomic and microeconomic policy issues relating to the UK and European economies including fiscal and tax policy and public finances, the business sector and labour markets.

«The reality is that migrants from other EU countries are very beneficial to the UK's economy, notably because they help to address skills shortages and pay more tax and social security contributions per head, and get fewer benefits, than UK workers; that free movement of workers is a key part of the EU's single market; that hundreds of thousands of UK nationals work in other EU countries.»

He has also worked on housing and regeneration issues, analysing the direct and indirect impacts and drivers of city housing markets across the country, and led research evaluating how cities can foster relations between universities and high growth firms, and capitalise on opportunities in the low carbon economy.

At their best, our capital markets grow business, foster innovation, build neighborhoods, and lift our economy so it works for all of us.

His work focuses at the interface of water and the economy, specializing in water reallocation and markets as responses to climate change, urbanization and sustainable development challenges.

The lag «has more to do with the fact that the energy landscape has changed so substantially and that the market is working to catch up,» said Kathryn Clay, executive director of the Drive Natural Gas Alliance, a group representing the natural gas industry that lobbied hard for credits under the new fuel economy rule.

We are working to create markets in the bio-based economy for cover crops and the biomass created through cover crops.

«Stapling a green card» to all or most STEM graduate degrees would effectively give the power to grant permanent residence and work status to universities motivated by their own financial needs rather than by the needs of America's economy, its STEM labor market, and its homegrown STEM workers.

If you look at the economies of all five nations, they have a free market system that provides for considerable wealth for individuals willing to work hard and invest wisely.

International Schools The future direction of the Chinese economy and its stock market will be crucial in estimating the future demand for teachers to work in international schools, since China, along with the other tiger economies of Asia and the traditional market in the Gulf, represents a large slice of the international schools market.

GCSE AQA 9 - 1 Economics - Summer 1 model assessment: Ideal assessment for year 9 or students: How the market works and How the economy works Revision guide for the assessment is also attached

These include an endlessly forgiving higher education system; the presence within the U.S. of most of the world's top universities; huge efforts at research and development; a hard - working populace and an adaptable immigration policy; a society that encourages second chances and invites new ideas; and the world's largest and best - functioning free - market economy.

The clean - sheet fifth - generation small - block maintains the pushrod legacy while integrating a host of new technologies, such as direct injection and standard cylinder deactivation (marketed as Active Fuel Management), which work in tandem to deliver outstanding real - world fuel economy.

In fitting with the Detroit motor show's (and American car industry's) heightened awareness of fuel economy and money saving, the Sportback boasts a 3 - litre V6 «clean diesel»; it's a TDI, but the US market is seemingly still in some need of convincing that diesel isn't completely the devil's work.

Both components work together to deliver exceptional performance and greater fuel economy ratings, making the F - 150 one of the most ideal pickup trucks on the market.

That platform, called Zeta in GM speak, is also safe under his watch, and the company is at work on a sedan in Australia that's expected to return impressive fuel economy in that market from a 3.0 - liter engine.

«With greater freedom, workers in the gig economy may be inclined to greater equality, but will largely replicate existing labor market segmentation and the lower valuation of female - typical work and of female workers,» the researchers wrote.

And they are all seeing how a free market economy really works.

It's time to kick out the academics, with their failed ideologies, and let those who have worked in the markets successfully manage the economy.

There is now no wondering why the economy hasn't improved — if these San Francisco Fed economists would work on model - generated improvements for the economy, we might just have a Secular Bull Market in our future with the right solutions presented and carried out.

In my small unique book «The small stock trader» I also had more detailed overview of tens of stock trading mistakes (http://thesmallstocktrader.wordpress.com/2012/06/25/stock-day-trading-mistakessinceserrors-that-cause-90-of-stock-traders-lose-money/): • EGO (thinking you are a walking think tank, not accepting and learning from you mistakes, etc.) • Lack of passion and entering into stock trading with unrealistic expectations about the learning time and performance, without realizing that it often takes 4 - 5 years to learn how it works and that even +50 % annual performance in the long run is very good • Poor self - esteem / self - knowledge • Lack of focus • Not working ward enough and treating your stock trading as a hobby instead of a small business • Lack of knowledge and experience • Trying to imitate others instead of developing your unique stock trading philosophy that suits best to your personality • Listening to others instead of doing your own research • Lack of recordkeeping • Overanalyzing and overcomplicating things (Zen - like simplicity is the key) • Lack of flexibility to adapt to the always / quick - changing stock market • Lack of patience to learn stock trading properly, wait to enter into the positions and let the winners run (inpatience results in overtrading, which in turn results in high transaction costs) • Lack of stock trading plan that defines your goals, entry / exit points, etc. • Lack of risk management rules on stop losses, position sizing, leverage, diversification, etc. • Lack of discipline to stick to your stock trading plan and risk management rules • Getting emotional (fear, greed, hope, revenge, regret, bragging, getting overconfident after big wins, sheep - like crowd - following behavior, etc.) • Not knowing and understanding the competition • Not knowing the catalysts that trigger stock price changes • Averaging down (adding to losers instead of adding to winners) • Putting your stock trading capital in 1 - 2 or more than 6 - 7 stocks instead of diversifying into about 5 stocks • Bottom / top fishing • Not understanding the specifics of short selling • Missing this market / industry / stock connection, the big picture, and only focusing on the specific stocks • Trying to predict the market / economy instead of just listening to it and going against the trend instead of following it