Sentences with phrase «for economic welfare»

Not exact matches

A good part of Putin's political success has been based on his record of improving people's welfare, but with no relief in sight for Russia's economic troubles, it may only be a matter a time before the general populace begins to feel the pinch more sharply.

Given that the welfare state is ultimately unsustainable and increasingly running out of options for responding to economic disturbances, a painful day of reckoning appears to lie ahead.

No democracy in the world has been sustained over time without some independent institution that stands up for and advances worker rights, interests and economic welfare.

«I think the self - driving car has the opportunity to not only improve productivity for the people in the car, which will be a huge economic boost for those people; Not only has the opportunity to save lives — over a million people die worldwide in road deaths today caused by human drivers, and I think we can take that very close to zero, which is very good for both human welfare and for economic productivity — it's a very serious dent in productivity when people get killed; And then all the ancillary industries that end up getting built out.»

Economic development incentives don't create jobs as much as they shift them around, pitting communities against one another for who can pony up the most corporate welfare.

So it is perhaps appropriate that the most intuitive explanation for the effects of an improvement in terms of trade on economic welfare that I've seen came from Governor or the Reserve Bank of Australia Glenn Stevens:

We, on the other hand, view it with hope: because more than anything, the events of the past few days show that the truth is getting out — the truth that capital markets simply can not exist under the authoritarian rule of central planners, the truth that the stock market is a casino in which the best one can hope for a quick flip, and finally the truth that our entire socio - economic regime, whose existence has been predicated by borrowing from the uncreated wealth of the future, and where accumulated debt could be wiped out at the flip of a switch if things go wrong in the process obliterating the welfare of billions (of less than 1 % ers), is one big lie.

The CPTPP raises real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the parties as a group by about 0.075 per cent, generating economic welfare benefits of about $ 17.5 B in current Canadian dollars by 2035.

Some think of it as no more than a libertarian system, concerned with economic liberty alone, exaggeratedly individualistic, indifferent or even antithetical to welfare programs for the poor, unconcerned with the public good, focused solely on markets and private profit.

Gregg offers technically sophisticated yet accessible discussions of Röpke's analysis of the interwar economic crisis; booms, recessions, and business cycles; his via media between Keynes and Hayek on full employment, inflation, and the welfare state; and his vision for a neo-liberal international economy.

In order to show that increasing total production does not improve human welfare, we have developed an Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare (ISEW) for the United States.

My point is only that rough approximations to measuring economic welfare strongly suggest that the time for viewing increase in gross product as the appropriate goal for national policy is ended.

If it turned out that in the twenty years after 1965 continuing growth of GNP had not been accompanied by improved economic welfare, then surely it was time for a national discussion of how welfare could be improved.

If it had ended, then it would seem appropriate to ask what policies are now needed if our concern is to improve economic welfare of people rather than increase production for its own sake.

My reason for beginning with these comments is not at all to suggest that we are able to give accurate statistical information about economic welfare.

Along with health and social welfare, education too has become a commodity in the market with self - financed technical institutions imparting training in technical and managerial skills for employment in Trans - national economic enterprises to those who can afford it.

Moreover, violence is always used in the conviction that it is the only means adequate for attaining a noble end — social justice, the nation's welfare, elimination of criminals (for the political or social enemy is always considered a criminal), radical change of the economic structures.

The justification for this ignoring of the loss of resources and adding costs is that the GDP is a measure of market activity, not of economic welfare.

For an economic system to be responsible it is also necessary that it include adequate public health and safety regulations to ensure that industrial practices do not endanger employees or the present or future public welfare, and also that it provide adequate protection of the natural environment.

As recently as the 1950s the parents of today's middle - class baby boomers had the benefit of welfare supports like the GI Bill, government - protected union activity, and various checks on corporate greed as they provided a stable economic foundation for the family.

The objective here is to humanize the structures which govern the media, both by encouraging persons within the industry to «do well by doing good,» and by insisting that the social and economic powers of the industry must be counterbalanced by governmental power which politically expresses the concern of citizens for the general public welfare.

The objective here is to humanize the structures which govern the mass media, both by encouraging persons within the industry to «do well by doing good,» and by insisting that the social and economic powers of the media must be counterbalanced by other kinds of power which express the concerns of citizens for the general welfare.

The ISEW is a very crude instrument for the measurement of economic welfare.

Yet when their results are examined more carefully, they would seem, at the very least, to call for close monitoring of the economy with the distinction between improving economic welfare and growth of GNP in mind.

I noted that Nordhaus and Tobin came to their conclusion that economic growth improves welfare by taking their statistics for the entire period of their study.

In previous chapters I have suggested what concerned citizens can do to deal with television without censorship: create local television councils and community action to get stations to accept their responsibility for the public welfare; introduce media education courses in the schools and churches to create media literacy; organize community groups to develop programs relating to community issues on the «narrowcast» media of cable - TV, videocassettes, low - power TV, public - broadcasting facilities, and commercial side - band channels; employ stockholder action and other economic measures.

Social development has already made a contribution to the economic development of the state and he has a long quotation from his earlier writing to affirm that it is possible to develop a Kerala Model of Economic Growth on the foundation of its Model of Social Development by a new State strategy of «transforming its expenditure on education and health from merely a social welfare expenditure into an investment in human capital», and that in fact any other path of economic growth is full of risks for Kerala which has only «limited raw material and fuel resourceseconomic development of the state and he has a long quotation from his earlier writing to affirm that it is possible to develop a Kerala Model of Economic Growth on the foundation of its Model of Social Development by a new State strategy of «transforming its expenditure on education and health from merely a social welfare expenditure into an investment in human capital», and that in fact any other path of economic growth is full of risks for Kerala which has only «limited raw material and fuel resourcesEconomic Growth on the foundation of its Model of Social Development by a new State strategy of «transforming its expenditure on education and health from merely a social welfare expenditure into an investment in human capital», and that in fact any other path of economic growth is full of risks for Kerala which has only «limited raw material and fuel resourceseconomic growth is full of risks for Kerala which has only «limited raw material and fuel resources».

Today the State is closing down the state primary schools for the poor, and they are not interested in aiding private agencies to conduct such schools, because they see it as a costly exercise in social welfare which reduces money for investment in hi - tech development aimed at economic growth.

Lawler and Geyer discuss the compelling pros and cons of the decision to slaughter horses for human consumption, which center on animal welfare and economic issues.

If it did, there is the potential for pro-competitive conduct by firms with substantial market power to be deterred, with consequentially reduced gains in efficiency and productivity and hence economic welfare.

It says the government would have to make it «the central aim of all its economic policies» and identify what it looks like in terms of employment rates for specific groups, more sustainable welfare provision and public services and a greater focus on job creation.

What Labour needs is a new social democratic revisionism, that heavily focuses on restructuring the welfare state, to unite communitarian and cosmopolitan voters, in an era of globalization, high inequalities, increased demands for choice, and an ageing population This requires applying the principles of solidarity, reciprocity and individual empowerment, in relation to reforming the welfare state, to make it more effective at tackling poverty and providing economic security, and to satisfy rising demands for choice.

What significance do welfare and labour market institutions hold for human capital development and socio - economic inequality in a rapidly expanding economy?

It is at this point that you see the emergence of socio - economic factors that remain of relevance after the war and into the Communist era: a drive for economic self - sufficiency, social welfare stimulated by the refugee crisis — the government needed to cope with 80 million refugees.

After the referendum though, several risk areas for women have become apparent — rights at work, women's economic welfare, and safety from racism and attacks.

Clegg has released a video to get across his message that we can't trust the Tories on Europe, but the Conservatives are trustworthy enough for the two parties to work closely on broader economic strategy, social and welfare reforms, education policy, and crime.

«Hard - working people have felt the impact of an economic mess left by the last government, and do not deserve to be hit twice — having to pick up the bill for ever - increasing welfare spending at the same time,» he wrote.

Japan today has one of the smallest governmental sectors in the developed world, because a lot of the tasks of the welfare state, from providing economic support during business downturns to building affordable housing for low wage workers, were assumed by large private employers.

A democracy that has provided the framework for systematic developments in our social and economic welfare, and assured us of the longest, uninterrupted period of stable constitutional governance in our history?

In U.S. history, the two most notable efforts to develop religious communities that served much of the role of the welfare state to its members that most developed countries provided through government to its citizens, have been the Roman Catholic Church, which has developed a large parallel education and health care system, and the Church of the Latter Day Saints, which uses tithes to finance a wide variety of services and economic supports for members of the Mormon community.

Raufnomics, coined by Aregbesola's associates, was launched last year as a shorthand for his profitable use of strategic planning and an innovative economic model to transform the lives of the people of Osun through mass - based and people - centered programmes and projects, especially in education, health care, infrastructural development, youth employment, and social welfare.

That means breaking up large institutions that are too big to fail, and breaking the rice bowl of ones that add nothing to broad economic welfare and efficiency other than an opportunity for the own enrichment at the general expense.

(Syracuse, NY) Howie Hawkins, the Green Party candidate for Governor, held a news conference today outside Governor Cuomo's media event for the Women's Equality Party (WEP) ballot line to say that Cuomo's economic policies are a slap in the face to working - class women he has neglected as Governor, especially women on welfare and minimum wage workers.

The NDC 2012 Manifesto states that «This Manifesto is based on the achievements over the last four years, during which period we established firm foundation for delivering a program of economic recovery and sustained welfare for the people of Ghana»

«This Manifesto is based on the achievements over the last four years during which period we established a firm foundation for delivering a program of economic recovery and sustained welfare for the people of Ghana.

Picente and Brindisi have a proven record as willing shills for strong - arming through Cuomo - style «economic development,» corporate welfare schemes to appease the likes of tax - cheat Ray Halbritter and their Albany insider friends.

For example, the welfare loss due to sea level rise in the central Europe North region or to the agricultural losses in southern Europe would have a spill over effect on the whole Europe due to economic interlinkages.

Marine litter affects ecosystem services, which has important implications for human welfare through losses to economic sectors such as tourism, fisheries, aquaculture, navigation and energy.

The high economic and social costs of early mental illness compound as children get older; for example, adjustment disorders in childhood are associated with poor school performance and increased reliance on social welfare, Heinmeuller says.

«After allowing for the higher energy costs faced by consumers, this action would raise global economic welfare by $ 1.8 trillion (2.2 percent of global GDP),» the analysis finds.