Sentences with phrase «how economic decisions»

We can see how economic decisions in the West (e.g. agricultural subsidies — especially to create surplus which is given as aid) go on to «impact on people's lives and livelihoods» in the developing world.

Not exact matches

By educating yourself on the general state of the economy, what decisions are being made at the national level, and how economic forecasts might affect your industry, you can put yourself a step ahead of others.
Still, he said he has concerns about how the political environment could contribute to economic policy decisions.
How Canadian decision - makers choose to address the new economic and political reality of slowth (slow or no growth) will shape our future.»
Behind all this banter lies a big idea: That by de-emphasizing economic growth and considering other things that people value, societies could make much better decisions about how to use their scarce resources.
Unless the head of an agency certifies that a proposed Rule is not likely to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities, section 604 of the RFA requires that the agency present a final regulatory flexibility analysis (FRFA) describing the Rule's impact on small entities and explaining how the agency made its decisions with respect to the application of the Rule to small entities.
«I don't know how many things you invest in,» Schultz shot back, «but I would suspect not many things, companies, products, investments have returned 38 % over the last 12 months [like we did]... [this] is not an economic decision to me... we're making this decision [for our people]... to embrace diversity.
The decision about how to adjust the discount rate depends on whether investors believe that additional infrastructure spending will increase the country's potential growth rate, or instead that it will simply increase economic activity at the expense of higher debt.
In this episode of the Tony Robbins Podcast, you will hear from Ashwin Vasan — CIO of macro hedge fund Trend Capital — as he discusses how he built one of the most successful hedge funds during an economic winter, and the current global trends that may have a tremendous impact on your investment decisions.
Helps students identify key economic indicators and how recent movements in these indicators could influence the cash rate decision.
U.S. President Barack Obama remarked on how European decision - making in the face of economic calamity struck him as «laborious» and «time - consuming,» before heading back to Washington, where laborious, time - consuming efforts to cope with America's deficit continue.
This session addresses how areas such as investment opportunities and threats, economic environment, political landscape, and corporate finance optimization, could impact DB plan sponsors» decision making during these challenging times for pension investors.
The energy decisions we make today will have significant economic and environmental implications for many years to come, below are the stories on how Canada's energy roadmap is shaping the clean energy landscape.
But how do these economic factors affect your decision to buy a house in the East Bay market?
This is accomplished by illustrating how to evaluate different investment vehicles and opportunities, showing how to obtain necessary information for effective decision making, and even informing investors how various investments relate to each other within the economic climate.
How or whether these goods are provided depends upon political decision and economic circumstance.
The CNN debate opened with discussions on economic issues, but later veered toward faith - based matters like the role of religion in candidates» decision making, abortion, gay marriage — and how the United States ought to treat Muslims living within its borders.
There are deeper questions about the possibility of the application of ethical values to political and economic decisions and about how Christians should interpret the prayer «Thy kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven».
What to produce, how much to produce, and at what price to sell are decisions to be left to the economic actors.
How can companies make better decisions if they are encouraged to look not just at short - term economic gains, but also at medium - to long - term societal and ecological gains?
Although it will be incredibly difficult to ever match his contributions on the pitch, it's vitally important for a former club legend, like Henry, to publicly address his concerns regarding the direction of this club... regardless of those who still feel that Henry has some sort of agenda due to the backlash he received following earlier comments he made on air regarding Arsenal, he has an intimate understanding of the game, he knows the fans are being hosed and he feels some sense of obligation, both professionally and personally, to tell it like he sees it... much like I've continually expressed over the last couple months, this team isn't evolving under this current ownership / management team... instead we are currently experiencing a «stagnant» phase in our club's storied history... a fact that can't be hidden by simply changing the formation or bringing in one or two individuals... this team needs fundamental change in the way it conducts business both on and off the pitch or it will continue to slowly devolve into a second tier club... regardless of the euphoria surrounding our escape act on Friday evening, as it stands, this club is more likely to be fighting for a Europa League spot for the foreseeable future than a top 4 finish... we can't hope for the failures of others to secure our place in the top 4, we need to be the manufacturers of our own success by doing whatever is necessary to evolve as an organization... if Wenger, Gazidis and Kroenke can't take the necessary steps following the debacle they manufactured last season, their removal is imperative for our future success... unfortunately, I strongly believe that either they don't know how to proceed in the present economic climate or they are unwilling to do whatever it takes to turn this ship around... just look at the current state of our squad, none of our world class players are under contract beyond this season, we have a ridiculous wage bill considering the results, we can't sell our deadwood because we've mismanaged our personnel decisions and contractual obligations, we haven't properly cultivated our younger talent and we might have become one of the worst clubs ever when it comes to way we handle our transfer business, which under Dein was one of our greatest assets... it's time to get things right!!!
much like when a country can't divulge highly classified information publicly for obvious economic and military reasons, a professional soccer organization must keep certain things in - house so they don't devalue a player, expose a weakness, provide info that could give an opposing club leverage in future negotiations and / or give them vital intel regarding a future match, but when dishonesty becomes the norm the relationship between cub and fan will surely deteriorate... in our particular case, our club has done an absolutely atrocious job when it comes to cultivating a healthy and honest relationship with the media or their fans, which has contributed greatly to our lack of success in the transfer market... along with poor decisions involving weekly wages, we can't ever seem to get true market value for most of our outgoing players and other teams seem to squeeze every last cent out of us when we are looking to buy; why wouldn't they, when you go to the table with such a openly desperate and dysfunctional team like ours, you have all the leverage; made even worse by the fact that who wouldn't want to see our incredibly arrogant and thrifty manager squirm during the process... the real issue at this club is respect, a word that appears to be entirely lost on those within our hierarchy... this is the starting point from which all great relationships between club and supporters form... this doesn't mean that a team can't make mistakes along the way, that's just human nature, it's about how they chose to deal with these situations that will determine if this relationship flourishes or devolves..
Robert T. Michael, author of The Five life Decisions: How Economic Principles and 18 Million Millennials Can Guide Your Thinking, shares tools parents can use to help their kids.
The financial crisis of 2007 - 09 was undoubtedly one of the greatest economic challenges of the last hundred years, and it is therefore interesting to read this account of how the key decisions were made - though it is only fair to say that there is not a lot of new information or revelations here.
What is clear is that to address political inequality — which is a precondition to achieving the broader goals raised by the Great Charter Convention — we must restore substantive democratic power over how our political and economic institutions are organised, thereby better enabling individuals to come together to make collective decisions that shape their lives, communities and workplaces.
I agree with the above commenter - let's hear more from the Labour leadership candidates about how political the economic decisions are, and how they can be different.
The Lords economic affairs committee warns the ban is an example of how the government has become «excessively risk averse» when formulating policy, listening to the media too much and failing to make fully objective decisions.
In a 2012 report on Cuomo's Regional Economic Development Council system, the Citizens Budget Commission noted there was little information on how agencies made such decisions.
But the shadow business secretary said how long to sustain the measure should be a purely economic decision and not a moral one.
«If we need to, we'll do it (run ads), but right now the effort is focused on the budget and economic development,» the source said, adding that a decision to roll out ads to promote the gun regulations will depend on how determined the opposition is in its fight.
This is one of the preliminary findings of a two - year research project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) into how married couples living with dementia make decisions on a daily basis.
The statement signed by the President of SOKAD — USA, Dr. Freeman Kamuru, its Secretary, Danlami Ngboze and Financial Secretary, Saidu John, reads: «The decision of the National Economic Council (NEC) of the Federal Government of Nigeria to set up a Sub-Committee to visit the frontline States «involved in herdsmen / farmers conflict and hold consultations with the stakeholders and interested parties on how to end the conflicts», is a good and welcome move that is long overdue.
On Saturday night, Clegg told party activists that they could be proud of the party's record and «tell people how we took the right decisions in government to make sure interest rates were kept down and to protect people from the economic crises we have seen elsewhere in Europe».
And this, to quote the Department for Work and Pensions, is «an analytical method that incorporates social, environmental and economic costs and benefits into decision making, providing a fuller picture of how value is created or destroyed.»
To map and mirror this gradual evolution of laws and progressive judicial decisions on socio - economic rights in Nigeria, the book offers a comprehensive and nuanced account of specific socio - economic rights, their legal and jurisprudential context and how they have been and might be deployed.
The study was the first to identify how fisheries management can alter the risk - taking behavior of fishermen by changing the economic incentives that drive their decisions.
John Michael Humphries Choptiany formerly of Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia and now at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Rome, Italy, together with colleagues at Dalhousie, Alberta Innovates — Technology Futures (AITF), and G BACH Enterprises Incorporated, explain how they have adopted information from the environmental, social, economic and engineering fields to create their assessment framework, which incorporates utility curves, criterion weights, thresholds, decision trees, Monte Carlo simulation, critical events and sensitivity analysis.
The worst economic crisis since the Great Depression has prompted a reassessment of how financial markets work and how people make decisions about money
It is yet more evidence that classic economic theory is wrong about how people make decisions.
The authors find, for example, that how much the enjoyment of your last flight influences your decision to fly again depends on the economic environment.
Many of these biases are often studied for how they affect business and economic decisions and how they affect scientific and experimental research.
The new CU - Boulder study suggests that how much a person trusts an investment banker or an economic adviser could affect the person's decisions about saving and spending.
«These findings may be especially relevant for legal and economic decisions and serve as a potential example of how people punish unfair or negative behavior in real - life,» Kubota and Phelps conclude.
Masters doesn't know exactly how much of a role this played in securing his current postdoc 1 year later at the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom, where he studies the role of emotions in economic decision - making.
«However, our results suggest that, for most people, morality is a powerful force that shapes economic decisions and even alters how we perceive the value of money itself.»
Decisions made today are made in the context of confident projections of future warming with continued emissions, but clearly there is more to do to better characterize the human and economic consequences of delaying action on climate change and how to frame these issues in the context of other concerns.
On joining the forum's Neurology Project's Steering Committee, Dr. Barrett said, «It is a great honor to work with people knowledgeable about care and how decisions about care can have an economic impact for the nation.»
When underlying VALUES are deliberately identified during the discussions and debates about topics, issues and concerns raised in SMSC (Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural development) and fundamental British Values sessions, PSHE (Personal, Social, Health and Economic education) lessons and RSE (Relationships and Sex Education) slots, young citizens begin to appreciate the significance of how values provide standards, principles and signposts that guide decisions and actions.
Specifically, this lesson is for teaching economic decision making and how to make judgement's from an economic point or perspective.
As well as a purely economic decision, solar on school roofs can be useful for learning by providing a starting point for a discussion on energy, climate change and how to live in a more sustainable way.
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