Sentences with phrase «poor local economy»

«Even though the higher risk premiums mean investors may be able to get a higher return relative to their investment, 18 of these markets are in California, Florida, Nevada or Michigan, all areas that have suffered from an overabundance of housing, a poor local economy, or both,» Winzer notes.

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That, in fact, in many places, the operations of transnational capital — far from extending access to property, creating general prosperity, promoting democratic institutions, or advancing the causes of law and justice — destroy functioning local economies and communities, sustain and deepen poverty among those capital reduces to the commodity of cheap labor, exploit unjust labor systems, support despotisms, take advantage of conditions in regions too poor to impose or enforce environmental protections (for their ecosystems or their peoples), and are often complicit in the procedural abuse of persons who can hope for no legal redress?

Many in this context have pointed very strongly to the «growing gap between the rich and the poor that has ensued whether this is experienced locally, nationally or internationally, and how the «open and borderless world of economics» that has emerged has destroyed local and national economies and created conditions for the untold new sufferings of people.

The PDP lamented that «about three airlines, local and international, like some banks, have suspended operations and sent their staff on indefinite leave due to the poor state of the Nigeria's economy.

It is worth noting that while people under age 65 in the U.S. live in a heavily market - dominated economy where poor employment outcomes mean poverty and a lack of access to health care, almost everyone over age 65 has most of their healthcare paid for by Medicare, (a FICA tax financed, single payer system that pays providers more or less the same rates as private insurance companies and has few cost controls), more than half of their nursing home costs paid by Medicaid, (which is stingy in how much it pays providers and moderately means tested), and receives enough of a guaranteed income from the combination of Social Security and SSI payments to keep the poverty rate for people age 65 +, (even if they have no retirement savings of their own), above the poverty line, regardless of the state of the local economy.

Standard & Poor's the global ratings organisation recently rated the New Zealand economy as AA + (in local currency) stating the economy is «wealthy and resilient.»

We have structured funding for and delivered a huge variety of clean energy projects around the globe ranging from large geothermal power projects and wind projects in India, to household level programmes toprovide affordable solar energy and clean cooking solutions to some of the world's poorest communities also helps to tackle energy poverty — improving lives, stimulating local economies and tackling climate change.

FThe food sovereignty movement argues that the focus solely on food security, without addressing the production of food, has caused poor, food - insecure countries to import cheap, subsidized food to the detriment of their local farmers, economies, and cultures, thus adversely affecting longer - term and sustainable food security.

For instance, CoinText enables users to send Bitcoin Cash to any phone without internet via SMS, making it possible for the poorest in the developing world to participate in the digital economy, services on Local Bitcoin Cash matches peer - to - peer bitcoin cash buyers and sellers, allows people to post or apply for gigs and pay or get paid in Bitcoin Cash, and Tipprbot allows social media users to reward content creators with Bitcoin Cash directly on their usernames without the complexities of wallets,» he continued.