Sentences with phrase «present economic system»

In this radical rethinking, he has chosen to confront the full perils brought on by the present economic system, with its pursuit of growth and accumulation at any cost.

Beyond those examples, of course, one can talk about the way in which our present economic system negatively affects the lives of so many people.

Not exact matches

The bottom line is that with neither inflation nor widespread leverage present in the system, I do not believe we have all the ingredients for a downturn in the economic cycle.

In any case, as transportation costs rise, even narrowly economic calculations will cease to count in favor of the present globalized system.

This challenge presents itself in the form of three dangers: (1) the danger of a growing disparity between economic classes; (2) the danger of materialism, of the rewards of the economic system becoming the goals and values of society; and (3) the danger of a selfish pseudo-individualism that evades individual moral responsibility.

For an economic system to be responsible it is also necessary that it include adequate public health and safety regulations to ensure that industrial practices do not endanger employees or the present or future public welfare, and also that it provide adequate protection of the natural environment.

Its present success is due to the fact that the collective effort and strong centralized authority associated with it are producing dramatic improvements in the economic, political, and military position of nations hitherto impeded by traditional systems unsuited to industrial civilization.

The stewardship approach, with its mandate of thrift within the present system, rather than a recognition of that system's injustice, lacks a vision of a new and different economic order.

But whether national or international, the economic system Greider presents lacks responsibility and accountability.

As noted above, many expenditures in GDP are actually costs of the present system of economic activity.

The present system treats the costs of restoring the situation to what it was before we polluted to the economic gains made in the process of polluting.

In their book Binary Economics (1999), Robert Ashford and Rodney Shakespeare of Syracuse University cogently present the economic viability of such a system.

Furthermore, when an economic system dominates the policies of a nation, as in the present clash between Communism and the democracies of the West, the line between economics and politics becomes tenuous and at points indistinguishable.

Hawking 41:61 A machine that was powerful enough to accelerate particles to the grand unification energy would have to be as big as the Solar System - and would be unlikely to be funded in the present economic climate.

If there is a profound disparity between the present American economic system and basic American values, and if many Americans have so argued, then it is all the more surprising that some version of socialism, as the main alternative to capitalist economic organization in the modern world, has not found favor in the United States.

Hence, the present educational system is not succeeding even for those leaders of the economic order whose values it embodies.

In the article, the authors contended that since the mass media are supported by great business concerns which are tied to the present social and economic system, the media contribute to the maintenance of that system.

But as followers of Christ, I think it's very important for everyone to get to know the present truth of the global economic system because it includes all of us.

Cristina Grandi, IFOAM Food Security Campaigner, presented a poster on the «Benefits of organic farming systems» examining environmental, economic and social aspects as well as data on soil health, water efficiency, biodiversity, energy efficiency, yields, profitability, nutrition and employment.

«Though the over-reliance on the mono - economic system is also a contributory factor to this financial impasse but I can assure every citizen that the present government of President Muhammadu Buhari would not rest on his oars at repositioning the nation's economy by ensuring adequate production of foods for local consumption as well as for export.

In the meantime, to those Tom Harris charcaters in the Labour party who want to present electoral reform as an issue of relevance only to bourgeois liberal Guardian - readers (like me), I say: how dare you oppose a system that — on the evidence of Soskice and Iversen's study — is better for social spending and economic equality?

In a letter sent to hedge fund and opportunistic fixed income managers, Trustees of the New York City Employees Retirement System (NYCERS) called on its hedge fund managers and opportunistic fixed income managers who invest in distressed debt and might therefore, at present or in the future, hold Puerto Rican municipal obligations, to «negotiate in good faith to find a just and equitable solution to» repayment of the municipal debt at the center of Puerto Rico's economic crisis.

This lecture is coming at a time many Nigerians are confronted with enormous challenges and so many unanswered questions with regard to the most suitable system of government to adopt in order to get out of this present economic and political quagmire.

«This latest test of world financial systems presents a window in which to address fundamental issues that, if tackled properly, will improve economic management, regulation and the fight against inflation, and help us prevent similar crises in the future,» he said.

My office recently finalized an early warning monitoring system that will identify local governments facing significant fiscal stress and present a realistic picture of their financial condition and identify the economic and budgetary challenges they face.

So in October, spurred by concern over the cost and reliability of the present system, President Obama announced $ 3.4 billion of economic stimulus funds for smart grid projects and almost $ 5 billion more in private investment.

This is one of the conclusions of a doctoral thesis presented recently by Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA - UAB) researcher Maria Violeta Vargas, in which she analyses the efficiency of domestic rainwater harvesting systems (RWH), quantifying their economic and environmental benefits.

October 9 Report on Florida's Return on Investment from Public Education to be Presented in Miami (PDF) Report will also address the Socio - Economic Impact of the PreK - 20 Education System

The major purpose of this business studies is to recognize regarding the actions that can help in attempting profit and also what type of goods and services the industry should present so that it can support the economic system too.

In American Histories, a collection of 21 short stories, John Edgar Wideman draws America's present and its divisive racial history as the direct consequence of a political and economic system that depends on man's inhumanity to fellow human beings.

From there, the idea of government responsibility in providing economic security and welfare grew, from unimaginable realities, such as the English Poor Laws of 1601 that called for the dependent poor population to wear a shameful P on their clothing, to shadows of our present Social Security system, like Thomas Paine's Agrarian Justice that called for a system that included annual benefits of 10 pounds sterling paid to every person age 50 and older, to protect against poverty in old - age.

This speculative institution views the present and recent past from the implied perspective of a future society in which our economic and political system is memorialized, and subjected to the museological gaze.

Inescapable factors that occur within these connections include overlapping extremes such as the combination of underdevelopment and overdevelopment within one economic system and the ever - present inequality between marginalised and well - off communities.

... At present we have adversarial systems of governance — both political and economic.

This activity report consists of a fact sheet presenting UN system's concerted activities to help people and communities in countries, especially those particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change, to manage climate - related risks in their efforts to achieve sustainable socio - economic development.

As Natural Capitalism author Paul Hawken said during a speech this week in Toronto, «Our current economic system steals from the future, sells it in the present, and calls it GDP.»

The company's roll - out and press event was light on economic and cost specifics, but heavy on aesthetics and presenting a holistic «systems» approach to home solar power self - generation, storage, and consumption.

Clearly this is likely to be exacerbated by the present economic downturn, and families will not ask for help from a system they can not trust to help them other than by the removal of their children.

While bitcoin isn't about to replace the SWIFT banking system anytime soon, cryptocurrencies present a new economic system.

Global eLearning Industry Association (GELIA) • AZ 2001 — Present Board of Directors, Project Manager — Enterprise Knowledge System Member and active contributor to development of global organization chartered to accelerate adoption of eLearning across multiple industries and global economies, and that will enable improvements of socio - economic conditions.

In Australia, native title agreement making has become a significant aspect of the native title system and presents an opportunity to direct native title towards the economic and social development goals of traditional owner groups.

The issue brief presents Rhode Island and national data related to key indicators of child wellbeing — birth rates, racial and ethnic diversity, parent education and employment, family economic security, child care for infants and toddlers, developmental screening and early intervention, infants and toddlers in the child welfare system, and other indicators.

This year's Native Title Report looks at the way in which governments, particularly state and territory governments, are moving beyond the limitations presented by the legal system to lay a foundation for native title claimant groups that enable economic and social development to take place.