Sentences with phrase «most economic use»

That may not be the most economic use of my time, but my bank is less than half a mile from my office, and I usually just stop in on the way to or from work.

Most of the products derived from whales can now be produced from other sources just as well and in any case the most economic use of whales, so some have argued, would be to harvest the lot now and thus circumvent the necessity year after year.

Not exact matches

Here's what Ross's Commerce study says: the researchers, Anne Flatness and Chris Rasmussen, used a fairly new database compiled by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development to see who was getting the most out of NAFTA.

Most of the economic data, official federal government or otherwise, the Fed uses to assess the performance of the economy are available only with a lag, typically a lag of a month or a quarter.

He noted that the baseline scenario for tests in 2015 — which projected an economic contraction of 2.3 percent for that year — was more dramatic than the 1.3 percent contraction used in the most conservative scenario in the current tests.

While most of his proposals — «to abandon the gold standard, let international exchange rates float, use federal surpluses and deficits as macroeconomic policy tools that could counter cyclical trends, and establish bureaus of economic statistics (including a consumer price index) in order to facilitate this effort» — are now conventional practice, his critique of fractional - reserve banking still «remains outside the bounds of conventional wisdom» although a recent paper by the IMF reinvigorated his proposals.

As we have argued before (Time to Make the Budget Planning Process More Accountable, Transparent and Prudent — November 2010 www.3dpolicy.ca), we would strongly recommend that you use the Department of Finance's economic forecast rather than average of private sector forecasts, arguing that the Department's economic forecasts provide the most accurate basis for budget forecasting.

In the early 1990s the models that most economists used to analyze and explain Chinese economic growth were good enough, like the Newtonian bridge in the slow moving world in which humans operate.

Income per capita is the most frequently used statistic for comparing economic well - being across countries.

As bitcoin is a social, political, and economic game - changer, a top priority is using this currency to aid organizations and individuals who can benefit the most from it.

Although this economic data is encouraging, most experts claim that it will take 2 - 5 years for businesses to begin to launch strategic initiatives that make use of the benefits of a low exchange rate.

In economic terms, «maximum employment» is when all labor resources within the economy are being used in the most efficient manner possible.

Real Estate site Movoto used data like local economic numbers, home prices, average commute times and the number of hours residents work to determine the most stressed out states in the country.

Rather, most affirmed that converts who put into practice «biblical attitudes towards work and the use of resources» would experience economic advancement.

Privatization insures the most efficient, or economic, use of the resources.

Much creativity is needed in the global situation as the leaders of capital use the most sophisticated and calculated means to increase their economic stranglehold on the poor peoples.

That can be achieved only when all the factors necessary for the production and use of goods — capital, labor, raw materials and plant facilities — are freely mobilized and deployed according to the most efficient pattern — and that in turn will be possible only when national boundaries no longer play a critical role in defining economic horizons.»

They support nearly any utilitarian use of the world for economic ends but oppose most forms of biotechnological «enhancement.»

She welcomes the change that came in the «80s, when «aid was used to dismantle the unsustainable development model adopted by most African governments and to urge its replacement with a neoclassical economic vision of free markets, private investment - led growth and minimal government intervention in the economy.»

They usually, however, regard it as a sufficiently accurate indicator of economic well being, that they use the GNP or GDP per capita as if its increase were self evidently desirable, as, indeed, the most important goal of public policy.

The report concludes, «Most economic models show that military spending diverts resources from productive uses, such as consumption and investment, and ultimately slows economic growth and reduces employment.»

Most of his talks and the bulk of the questions he fielded had to do with the unorthodox economic proposals set forth in his book and his other writings: the idea, above all, of an «intermediate technology» appropriate in scale and cost to the needs and conditions of the people using it — neither too large nor too small.

Looking primarily to models based on quantitative research methodologies to provide a clear direction for policy in regulating media and violence can also distract policy makers from coming to grips with other difficult but more important value questions that impinge on the issue of media and violence, such as the purpose of broadcasting, issues of ownership and control of media, the international context of Australian media, the dominant economic nature of most of Australia's social communications, the distinctive ways in which the media reproduce and reconstruct myths and symbols of violence from within the culture, and how audiences use and respond to media myths and symbols.

This «Depression - era» Chocolate Cake has a secret ingredient that was used as an economic substitution for butter and eggs and it gives this cake it's super-moist super powers and it's still one of the most preferred chocolate cake recipes out there today!

Edible shoots and timber are just two of the most recognised uses of bamboo, a plant of economic, social and cultural significance throughout Asia.

-- The Illusion Of Wealth Within Football» uses a very different methodology to most analysis of football accounts by applying a concept known as economic profit.

Starting in 1991, Mass Audubon has analyzed rapid growth driven by economic and demographic factors every five years using the most up - to - date technology and methods.

However, the report qualified this by saying that «in terms of national resource use, the economic effects of a ban on hunting would be unlikely to be substantial», with the effects most likely to have dissipated within a decade, but that in the short term «the individual and local effects would be more serious».

However, two economic measures - percentage of and per capita gross domestic product spent on defense - are among those most commonly used.

But, research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) shows that this sort of misconduct has most often been carried out by fighters who viewed the enemy as racially different from themselves and used images of the hunt to describe their actions.

More recently, How cutting corporation tax would boost revenue uses new regression analysis and examples to make the case that the dynamic rewards from cutting corporate tax are now sufficient to increase revenue and Gordon Brown's Economic Failure provided the most comprehensive case yet that Brown's record as chancellor was a poor one.

Mr. Johnson said he would approach land - use decisions by trying «to get to a place of yes»; that he wanted to take steps to «eradicate hunger in New York City»; and that he would deal with the prospect of tighter budgets — because of the new federal tax law or a potential economic downturn — by guarding funding for «programs and everyday things that affect the most New Yorkers and the poorest New Yorkers, to ensure that they don't get cut.»

This budget allows the Library to continue to offer 2011 levels of open hours and services our patrons need and are using now more than ever as they struggle to manage household budgets during what is clearly the most serious economic downturn since the great depression.

Women without college educations are dramatically less economically dependent upon their husbands than they used to be, while the economic dependence of women with college educations on their husbands remains high because although both men and women with college degrees have seen surging incomes since the 1970s, most women with college degrees experience large income penalties for leaving the work force for a while to raise children, while women without college degrees don't face those kinds of income penalties in their far less skilled jobs.

In U.S. history, the two most notable efforts to develop religious communities that served much of the role of the welfare state to its members that most developed countries provided through government to its citizens, have been the Roman Catholic Church, which has developed a large parallel education and health care system, and the Church of the Latter Day Saints, which uses tithes to finance a wide variety of services and economic supports for members of the Mormon community.

One could frame the debate in the advantages of using less fossil fuel, which range from lower costs to people (an all electric car has operating costs about 1/4 that of a gasoline vehicle), to balance of payments (less capital flowing out of the country, especially relevant to countries who import most of their oil), to terrorism (not funding it, and western influence leaving the ME, which is the basis of most ME terrorist organizations) to conflict in general (most of the major conflicts in the last 30 years have involved ME oil), to finite supply (when we run out, we'll be facing a global economic meltdown).

A new report published today claims most of the problems associated with the use of illegal firearms in the UK require social and economic rather than criminal justice solutions.

Yes, Britain's population will continue to age - but the services and benefits most used by the elderly are the ones that facing potentially terminal challenges under Conservative economic models.

The IPCC AR5 Working Group 1 Report contains projections of future global surface temperature change according to several scenarios of future socio - economic development, most of which are presented using a baseline of 1986 to 2005.

A combination of structural and economic considerations drives the use of three slender blades on most wind turbines — using one or two blades means more complex structural dynamics, and more blades means greater expense for the blades and the blade attachments to the turbine.

A new analysis commissioned by the United Nations uses a comprehensive combination of social, economic, political and environmental factors to identify areas around the world most at - risk for «hydro - political» strife.

In «The Economic Burden of Asthma in the United States, 2008 - 2013,» researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention analyzed data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, the most comprehensive source of data on health care use, expenditures, payment source and health insurance coverage in the U.S.

Titled «Modeling Sustainability: Population, Inequality, Consumption, and Bidirectional Coupling of the Earth and Human Systems,» the paper describes how the rapid growth in resource use, land - use change, emissions, and pollution has made humanity the dominant driver of change in most of the Earth's natural systems, and how these changes, in turn, have critical feedback effects on humans with costly and serious consequences, including on human health and well - being, economic growth and development, and even human migration and societal conflict.

Most aggregators use a hybrid approach in which they incorporate certain fundamentals — such as economic trends or a widespread desire to switch leadership to another party — into their models, along with the poll results.

NASA's human exploration missions can be used to address most of the major issues threatening our uncertain world, from energy independence, to economic, national, and environmental security.

Karl Campbell from Island Conservation reported on his organization's investigation into using gene - drive technology as potentially the most targeted, effective, and economic technique for eliminating invasive mice and rats.

«An Investigation on the Economic Feasibility of Macroalgae as a Potential Feedstock for Biorefineries,» published in in 2015, is among the most downloaded, and «Assessment of Lignocellulosic Biomass Using Analytical Spectroscopy: an Evolution to High - Throughput Techniques,» published in 2014, is among the most cited.

«Our goal is to develop maps that can simulate the abundance of this dengue virus carrier in a particular area, and then use these insights along with demographic and economic data, to predict where disease outbreaks are most likely to occur,» he said.

Appropriate Management of Natural Resources at Centre of Solutions to Climate Change, Says International Resource Panel Decoupling economic growth from escalating resource use should be an integral part of climate policy, according to a group of the world's most renowned natural resources scientists.

Most of the reports about the digital divide center around racial and socio - economic differences (a 2010 study confirmed that household income is the greatest predictor of Internet use).