Sentences with phrase «growing economic gap»

It's difficult to describe Cambodia because of its past ancient civilizations, a relatively recent genocide, and the ever - present reality of the growing economic gap, but I say two things: awe - inspiring and majestic.

They were uttered after a review of the growing economic gap between rich and poor nations and of the escalation of military defensiveness in the world.

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And while the spread has widened in the late stages of economic expansion, Bernstein notes that this is the first time the gap has grown because of an acceleration in operating earnings as opposed to a fall in reported profit (see the third chart).

The World Economic Forum (WEF) recently assessed the growing «retirement savings gap» in its white paper «We'll Live to 100 — How Can We Afford It?»

As the gap between the rich and the rest of the population grows, economic policy increasingly caters to the interests of the elite, while public services for the population at large - above all, public education - are starved of resources.

The commitment to a culture of solidarity and economic justice is equally important in the so - called «developed nations», where in many of them there is a growing gap between those who have a comfortable lifestyle and those who are deprived and marginalized.

The gap between rich and poor has increased, the number of homeless is growing, the nation has come to accept 7 per cent unemployment as economic success, and the existence of a trapped underclass is perceived as normal.

In fact Stephen Beer claimed Labour needed to respond to the tough decisions it faced on the economy, outline an economic plan for the future rather than a retrospective attack on Coalition policy and most importantly close the economic credibility gap that was first conceived and then grew during Labour's last years in office.

I.e. Cameron was consistently seen as a better leader than Miliband (a gap that grew), and Cameron - Osborne were ahead of Miliband - Balls on economic competence.

Indeed, is it even possible to speak of an «English voice» given the ever - growing disparities between different parts of the country, and the yawning gap in the economic fortunes of south - east and everywhere else?

«These are the ties that unite our society — and yet they are not powerful enough on their own if the economic gap between us is allowed to grow too big... I say we One Nation Tories can not ignore the gulf in pay packets that yawns wider year by year.

Crumbling infrastructure, a slow economic recovery, the unambiguous reality that climate change threatens the very way of life, a growing specter of terrorism, homelessness, an ever widening gap between the wealthy and everyone else, political polarization and government gridlock.

Swathes of the population got left behind in the process... The gap between the bottom socio - economic group and the rest started to grow, and it's grown ever since.

We created the Business Stimulus Loan Fund at the ECIDA to help fill some of that gap, giving established local companies the financial support they need to grow and create economic opportunity in our community,» said Erie County Executive

The growing gap between the political power of the One Percent and the rest of us parallels the extreme economic gap between the One Percent and working people in the U.S.,» said Howie Hawkins, Green candidate for Governor of New York (http://www.howiehawkins.org).

Additionally, the gaps are also growing between London and the North in relation to a number of social outcomes, such as education and health, with improvement in these outcomes in London being in line with economic conditions in the capital bouncing back to pre-recession levels or beyond while the North lags behind.

«The growing income gap and increased economic segregation may lead to inequalities in children's test scores, educational attainment, and well - being,» Owens said.

One of the most unique aspects about this way of dating is that it brings people from all «classes» and backgrounds together in mutually beneficial relationships; and as social stratification grows wider in these economic times, could this be a way of bridging the gap?

Since then, the gaps in economic status and educational attainment between whites and blacks in America have steadily grown.

Gender gaps in educational attainment, which are not unique to the United States, are more difficult to explain using conventional economic models than gaps based on socioeconomic status or race, because males and females grow up in the same families and attend the same schools.Recent evidence provides one possible explanation for the especially large gender gap in high school graduation rates among blacks and Hispanics.

To address persistent gaps in postsecondary educational attainment and our country's growing economic and workforce needs, federal and state policymakers, the philanthropic community, national education organizations and practitioners have put forth a number of goals and initiatives designed to increase college completion rates.

The contending theory asserts that black students underperform because they are likely to be poor and underprivileged, and that addressing the academic achievement gap therefore requires first changing the economic and social conditions in which these students grow up.

If a policy prescription does not account for the real complexity in the climate system, and real gaps in knowledge about aspects of global warming that matter most, is it likely that the public and lawmakers will pursue a big transformation of lifestyles and economic norms to curb CO2 emissions in a growing world still more than 85 percent dependent on burning fossil fuels to drive economies?

f) Most of those who can afford to litigate i) can write their legal fees off as business expenses, and ii) are also on paid time, so g) those who can afford to litigate actually profit from litigating, independent of case outcomes, and are motivated to do more of it, so h) the gap in the logic of the common law steadily grows in the absence of deliberate correction or a change in economic forces.

To put it simply, in the midst of increasing technological skills gaps and growing economic uncertainty — contractors are the perfect solution for businesses around the world.