But our global
market economy works against any such change.
«(The fiduciary standard) is a far greater, larger issue... than how advisors should be regulated, it is about how well is our free
market economy working.»
Market economies work for the common good at least as well as govt requirements.
Not exact matches
The power of platforms is explained in a new book, Platform Revolution: How Networked
Markets are Transforming the
Economy and How to Make Them
Work for You, by Geoffrey Parker, Marshall Van Alstyne, and Sangeet Choudary.
Uber's strategy, like many major players in Silicon Valley's white - hot sharing
economy (Airbnb among them), has been to
work quickly to establish itself in as many
markets as possible and deal with legal pitfalls and red tape later.
In the United States
economy, the twin arms of the unemployment rate and the stock
market are, for the moment,
working just fine.
«Amazon's monopolistic desire to control the retail
market and replace good jobs with automation is not only a direct threat to the hard -
working men and women at Whole Foods, it's also a direct threat to our
economy and consumers.»
People who go into the
work force expecting to find a 1950s - style General Motors will miss out on the more entrepreneurial opportunities that exist in the so - called gig
economy, says Bastian Lehmann, founder of Postmates, a startup that delivers meals in 40
markets.
I think we will be able to influence the way the global
economy works and implement things like Robin Hood taxes [on financial
market transactions] and ban high - frequency flash trading and dismantle this global casino.
To make the new
economy work, «you have to reduce the black
market to tolerable levels.»
In today's eco-conscious
economy, companies that develop and
market green tech are revered for their
work, which is actually quite profitable.
If the on - demand
economy grows and more people take on this sort of
work, the potential
market could be huge.
But unlike the 2011 rout, sparked by the eurozone debt crisis, the sudden collapse of global equities
markets that began last week is all about China — which makes it all the more unnerving since few have a good grasp on how the world's most important emerging
economy actually
works.
«Lower oil prices are a serious spanner in the
works for the Canadian
economy,» said Douglas Porter, chief economist at BMO Capital
Markets in Toronto.
In response to such a call from the G - 20 in Washington, D.C. last week, Germany's finance minister side stepped the issue and talked about the need for the ECB to start withdrawing its money
market liquidity — i.e., whatever remains of a meager life support to
economies crushed with 19 million people out of
work and 3.6 million of young people unable to find jobs and make a living.
We aim to make consumer financial
markets work for consumers, responsible providers, and the
economy as a whole.
If
markets get a little tipsy, embrace the «gig»
economy and
work for 8 hours a week to buffer your nest egg.
The sooner the
economy works through the adjustment in capital spending that was required well before September 11, and the sooner that the financial
markets stop misallocating capital, the stronger this nation will be in the long run.
The thinking is that, as the bond buying has not
worked, then the best way to keep business flowing (and
markets steady) would be to keep rates low, which encourages, at least theoretically, companies to borrow, expand and grow the
economy.
The size of India's own shadow
economy — which includes black
market transactions and undeclared
work — is roughly a quarter the size of gross domestic product (GDP).
«The dynamism embedded in our
market economy will continue to
work its magic.
«Modern financial theory amounts to the belief that hard
work, superior insight, and good judgement - the keys to success in the real
economy - are ineffectual for the investor in public
markets.
There are many research firms doing good
work and providing diligent research, and our free -
market economy will ensure their prosperity as long as diligence remains a priority.
Downturns are natural and just a part of how
economies and the
markets work.
Given the consistently good news we've seen from the housing
market, it can be easy to forget just how much damage the bursting of the real estate bubble has
wrought on the
economy and the lives of average people across the country.
A decade after having proclaimed the «end of history» and the arrival of a new world order of prosperity based on «democracy and the
market», globalised financial capital has subjected the majority of the planet's
working populations to the burden of international recession, which has spread out in leaps and bounds, from Asia: recession and deflation in the world's second
economy, Japan; recession and even depression m various east Asian countries, since the first quarter of 1997; the collapse of the Russian
economy six years ago and financial bankruptcy in July 1998; brutal recession in the leading
economy of Latin America, Brazil; the beginning of the downturn in the
economies of the OECD countries.
Five years into the recovery, the unemployment rate for the least - skilled American workers is still 8.5 percent and many workers who left the labor
market during the Great Recession have been having trouble finding
work even with an improving
economy.
With private property initiatives and
market incentives kept in place, appropriate cultural changes («a great deal of educational and cultural
work,» CA No. 36) can be introduced to purge capitalism of consumerism and thereby bring the
market economy to a higher level of moral perfection.
Such an understanding of
market relationships undergirds John A. Ryan's classic
work on distributive justice (an analysis, be it noted, that was quietly but definitively rejected in the U.S. Bishops» pastoral letter on the
economy).
Both democratic culture and a
market economy push us in the direction of fitting
work» that is, freely chosen
work which both forms and expresses who we are.
Whatever the specific reforms — and we would expect a period of experiment to see what forms are most effective — the major benefit in the democratization of the
economy would be to limit the harshness of the labor
market, to give everyone who
works a stake in the enterprise he or she
works in and even in the
economy at large, thus reducing both the anxiety and the cynicism that are rampant in our present economic life.
The democratization of the
economy would limit the harshness of the labor
market, give everyone who
works a stake in the enterprise he or she
works in and even in the
economy at large, thus reducing both the anxiety and the cynicism that are rampant in our present economic life.
But my point here is that regrettable changes in our
economy may not simply express the will of the
market gods, but may instead mean something so straightforward as that those whose decisions influence the
economy might not be good at their
work.
AFSA and the Victorian Farmers
Markets Association have today released a joint public statement, calling on the Victorian Government to
work with AFSA, VFMA and small producers to engage in open and constructive discussions about how to support the rapidly emerging local and fair food
economy in Victoria.
She is a graduate of the Natural Gourmet Institute in New York City, and apprenticed under the worker - ownership of Three Stone Hearth in Berkeley, California, the first community supported kitchen (CSK) of its kind and has experience managing farmer's
markets,
working with a variety of artisan food producers, in restaurants, business management and organizations promoting urban food sustainability, local food
economies and seasonality.
Hours
worked in the
economy and total and private sector employment have all exceeded their pre-recession peak, contrary to
market expectations.
But only if, as suggested here, we adopt the invitation of a green republican political
economy perspective, and begin to politically and creatively imagine «economic policy» beyond «neoclassical economics»; the «
economy» beyond the «
market»; and «
work» beyond «employment».
Economists distinguish a number of types of unemployment, however: cyclical unemployment is brought about by the vagaries of the business cycle; structural unemployment is brought about by changes in the
economy or the labour
market, when the jobs available do not fit the workforce's skills; frictional unemployment is the phenomenon of people being «between jobs»; and seasonal unemployment is linked to certain types of seasonal jobs, such as farm
work and construction.
So Mr Cameron believes this is an opportunity for his party — to focus relentlessly on rebuilding an
economy which proves the free
market works for all.
They should look to challenge the free -
market orthodoxies that led to the current crisis, and which leave people enslaved in an
economy where materialism dictates ever longer hours
worked in order that people can acquire more «stuff», even though it doesn't make them any happier.
Mr. Gage's family business, Conklin Reliable
Market, is a vital part of the local
economy, which is why it was important that we
work with him to ensure his business thrives.
«Its success has shown that the UK
economy can easily cope with sensible labour
market regulation that makes life at
work fairer.
Mr Ramsden joined the Treasury in 1988 and has
worked on a wide range of macroeconomic and microeconomic policy issues relating to the UK and European
economies including fiscal and tax policy and public finances, the business sector and labour
markets.
«The reality is that migrants from other EU countries are very beneficial to the UK's
economy, notably because they help to address skills shortages and pay more tax and social security contributions per head, and get fewer benefits, than UK workers; that free movement of workers is a key part of the EU's single
market; that hundreds of thousands of UK nationals
work in other EU countries.»
He has also
worked on housing and regeneration issues, analysing the direct and indirect impacts and drivers of city housing
markets across the country, and led research evaluating how cities can foster relations between universities and high growth firms, and capitalise on opportunities in the low carbon
economy.
At their best, our capital
markets grow business, foster innovation, build neighborhoods, and lift our
economy so it
works for all of us.
These initiatives will bolster our national
economy in the long - term, providing the country with a more highly - skilled
work force that can compete in the global job
market.
Role for government: «
Markets need government for the
economy to
work,» Miliband said.
His
work focuses at the interface of water and the
economy, specializing in water reallocation and
markets as responses to climate change, urbanization and sustainable development challenges.