Sentences with phrase «less sustainable economy»

All this contributes to a volatile, less sustainable economy, where get - rich - quick is stressed over good long term investment, as Stewart points out — and the get - rich - quick idea is just a fantasy.

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A slow - growing economy, in turn, would make a burgeoning federal debt less sustainable.

Who isn't in favor of Oliver's commitment to «sustainable and balanced global economy», especially since the global economy is actually heading in the opposite direction by becoming less and less balanced and less and less sustainable?

A moderate slowdown from the surprise 7 % growth rate of the last quarter is in fact welcome, in our view, as the country rebalances its economy and downshifts to a more sustainable pace of growth that is less reliant on credit.

He said: «Our economy needs less market and more planning, less short - termism and more long - term sustainable development.

This misses the point, as Vince is rightly focussed less on the ins and outs of Westminster politics and more on ways to generate real sustainable prosperity in the wider economy.

Now what we can do is 1) develop a sustainable energy economy 2) a) burn all the coal and other fossil fuels, buying us, if we make optimistic assumptions, perhaps a century of ever more elaborate schemes to meet energy needs with less and less suitable sources b) THEN in a severely degraded environment

This guidance document presents that making our societies and economies more sustainable and less inequitable is not just to avoid disaster, but to build lasting prosperity.

He said some countries, including China, had now started to grasp the seriousness of the risks, but governments should now act forcefully to shift their economies towards less energy - intensive, more environmentally sustainable technologies.

In an effort to help build the «next, more sustainable economy,» Patagonia has launched the Common Threads Initiative, which encourages consumers to buy less clothing; it is the next step

But Spring is coming, the sun is shining, and quietly, inexorably, the idea that a genuinely sustainable economy can be delivered is starting to look less like an environmentalist pipe dream and more like the inevitable by - product of an unstoppable technological revolution.»

However, if Masdar City remains an isolated experiment in sustainable living, disconnected from the rest of Abu Dhabi (where rampant construction, wasteful energy use and the dominance of the fossil fuel economy remain the norm), its impact at home will be limited, and it will be seen by many as a green smokescreen, a gimmick whose real purpose is to draw attention away from some of the emirate's less sustainable endeavors.