Green jobs are like «Fiat money» — a currency without intrinsic value established as money,
often by government regulation.
Not exact matches
Canada's strengths — and there are many — seem to be overshadowed
by relatively low performance in many policy areas that likely influence innovation, ranging from access to markets and competitive environment, to
regulation, taxes, intellectual property rights, and
governments» own
often diffuse support for research and development.
Your shares go up and down with the company's value, which can be affected
by a wide array of (
often unpredictable) factors, including management decisions,
government regulations and macroeconomic events.
Unfortunately, although we Jews in North America have been blessed
by the ability to prosper within a democratic capitalistic system, not enough of us, in my experience, consider the capitalist system positively and are instead too
often advocates for laws and
government regulation to control the «excesses of the market place.»
Similarly, we may use our extra cash to buy better - quality goods that last longer, or make conscious «ecological» choices,
often guided
by government regulations or something as simple as labelling.
It's more
often the beneficiary of implicit or explicit
government subsidies to make it more affordable for the coal industry to operate (the land is practically given to them for free, they get tax expenditures hand over fist, their roads are most
often built for them
by the state, they're exempted from waste - disposal
regulations, allowed to dump and run, and use some of the most tyrannical and abject labor standards in the world).
Today is the day when EPA unveils its
regulations intended to solve a minor or more likely non-existent problem
by placing restrictive
government regulations intended to bias the electric supply business away from seeking the lowest cost source of energy (
often coal) at the expense of all American ratepayers, but particularly lower and middle income Americans.
Regulation typically involves formal laws and policies imposed
by governments or international organizations,
often backed
by the threat of criminal penalties or other formal sanctions.
Many of his articles are critical of
government regulation in any form and he
often criticizes actions
by the EPA.
California is a progressive state in terms of technology, politics, natural resources and it is the largest state with the largest population, so it has unique challenges; there are a lot of
regulations in place to protect these resources, so builders and workers that come from outside of California are
often surprised
by the degree to which the process is regulated
by the
government and third parties.
While poorly timed and
often largely duplicative of previous consultation processes, some of the reviews initiated
by the Abbott / Turnbull
government have added to our understanding of key policy areas and provided useful strategic directions, for example, mental health and therapeutic good
regulation.