Sentences with phrase «hands of a wealthy few»

These planetary crises are being driven by unsustainable economic and development models, and the concentration of power over energy goods and services in the hands of a wealthy few.

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He calls attention to (1) the degeneration in syncretism of the old Yahweh faith prior to the appearance of the eighth - century prophets; (2) a kind of «emancipation» from Yahweh in increasing dependence upon the maturing structure of the political state; and (3) the dissolution of the old tribal social order with the shift of economic power to the cities, the increasing inability of the farmer, because of the burdens of heavy taxation, to maintain himself as a free man, and the growing concentration of land in the hands of a few wealthy urbanites (cf. Isa.

Also they must respect human rights and the rights of nature, protect the planetary systems on which continued human existence depends, put control over energy, food and water in the hand of accountable local stewards, fairly address overconsumption to meet basic needs for all, not just the greed of a wealthy few.

A broader implication is the possibility that fishing rights would come to be concentrated in the hands of a few corporations and the wealthy.

Windo argues that once power and user data are in the hands of a small slice of wealthy individuals, those people can and will make decisions at the expense of humanity with too few consequences for their actions.

Here in Canada we encourage property ownership, the more the better, but we have to watch out that the ownership of property, especially commercial property, is not in the hands of just a few wealthy people and corporations instead of ordinary working stiffs.