Sentences with phrase «raise the standard of living of»

«If we were to have such a thing,» he says, «it would be the sort of technology that would fuel our future growth and expansion and have the ability to raise the standard of living of the entire world.»

They have to know that if they moved operations to somewhere like Arkansas, or Tennessee, they'd hugely lower their overhead while raising profits and also raising the standard of living of those who work for them (pay of say 50 000 bucks in New York is close to poverty level as I understand it, but in some other states that would be a pretty good living).

Essentially, how do you raise standard of living of the Third World to the levels of Europe or the US yet lower greenhouse emissions when either the technology to accomplish said task is either not available or too expensive to be implemented?

Not exact matches

Oil had raised the standard of living everywhere.

If Canada was a closed economy, the only way to raise Canadians» purchasing power and standard of living would be to increase domestic output.

We should not fear but rather embrace upward wage pressures as a positive development that raises the standard of living for Canadians.

The chain found out that one of its pork suppliers was not living up to Chipotle's «Responsibly Raised» standards.

«The key point here is that this investment then supports transfers of technology (as well as intangible benefits such as transfers of knowledge, know - how, management techniques, et cetera), which raises productivity and allows for a sustainable rise in incomes and living standards.»

When people get raises, however, they buy stuff and improve their standard of living.

Workers need a big pay raise to catch up for a period where their standard of living has lagged, and the economy benefits from their increased purchasing power, says Paul Meinema, president of the United Food and Commercial Workers Canada, with 100,000 members in Ontario.

But the general point is that high terms of trade, all other things equal, will raise living standards, while low terms of trade will reduce them.»

Author Charles Steindel explains that when the U.S. personal saving rate took a negative turn in second - quarter 2005, it raised concerns that Americans may have to curtail spending and accept a lower standard of living as they pay off rising debts.

We talked today about how important that is to raising the standard of living and has been in the past.

We must instead offer all Americans greater opportunities to raise their standards of living and achieve financial independence by replacing Dodd - Frank with real reforms that work.»

These jobs and investments, in turn, will presumably create other forms of growth, which will raise standards of living and tax revenue, and possibly even turn the location of HQ2 into a second Silicon Valley where tech jobs beget other tech jobs.

That's because it increases jobs, brings in higher wages and raises the standard of living for residents.

Industrial and political leaders throughout the world have been so anti-labor that there is little thought of raising domestic living standards via higher wage levels and a tax shift off labor and industry back onto property where progressive tax policies used to be based.

The Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) brings together the governments of countries committed to democracy and the market economy from around the world to support sustainable economic growth, Boost employment, raise living standards, maintain financial stability, assist other countries» economic development, and contribute to growth in world trade.

Instead of raising labor productivity and living standards, it is a purely mathematical dynamic that governments can not rescue in the end.

Raising the growth rate of the economy by 0.3 per cent (the difference between the underlying productivity growth rate in the 1990s cycle and the average of the earlier cycles) makes little difference over a year or two; over a decade or two, however, the cumulated effect on living standards is substantial.

China needs this growth to raise its low standard of living.

The US should require that any country we trade with pay US level wages to their workers let raise other peoples standards of living and quit LOWERING ours.

I didn't say the O.T. doesn't apply in my life... I'm telling you the Law of Moses (the standard YOU raised), which is a small part of the O.T. does not apply in my life.

As former Nixon economics adviser Herbert Stein observed, President Bush has made economic growth the acid test by which every other policy is to be judged, believing that such growth will permit progress on other fronts, including raising the standard of living for the poor.

The free market thus increases the quality and availability of desired goods and thus raises the general standard of living.

Economists point to the consequences of the industrialization of Europe, North America, and the Asian tigers to show that industrialization, operating on market principles, raises living standards dramatically.

The same applies to the husband's awareness of the unique self - esteem problems of women faced with changing sex roles, the continuing dual - standard in many areas, the increasing period of life after the children are raised and the problem of finding significance therein, and the preparation for creative widowhood which faces the vast majority of women in our culture.

The church claims it follows Jesus, but we only want to follow Him if it leads to personal glory, pay raises, a higher standard of living, and the death and destruction of our enemies.

Instead, it adopted a vague resolution that the committee should be involved in «raising of the standards of piety, understanding, and participation in Jewish life.»

Such services would be seen as raising living standards today (albeit in ways whose benefits are not easily computed), and might even improve prospects for material progress by augmenting society's stock of «human capital.»

-- it would produce an economic wave of prosperity that would raise the world's standard of living beyond anything dreamed of by man.

However, if you would rather live in a neighborhood in which house values are maintained and raised because the owners abide be certain standards of upkeep and appearance, you can do that.

Christianity and science, which on big issues go hand in hand intellectually as well as historically, everywhere raised the standard of living and cut down on the fun.

The criterion ought to be what, serving the creativity of the private sector, adds to the common good and steadily raises living standards.

It is a thoughtful book in which Smith reflects on the problems raised by the study of the religious thought and practices of the people of Asia, problems of historical method, of literary criticism, of language, of social organization, and of the values and standards by which men guide their lives.

Long story short, the capitalism that can raise standards of living around the world, is NOT the same capitalism at work in negotiating with people who are living on the edge of survival.

The best news is that the economic development that can quickly raise Third World standards of living far beyond subsistence is already happening.

Mark Galli argues that governments are the best institutions to raise the poor's standard of living.

We should simply make more jobs here, which apparently would have the effect of raising the living standards of the world still more.

He raised armies, successfully withstood the attacks of the Lombards, the latest of the Germanic barbarians to invade Italy, made his authority respected in Italy, Sicily, Gaul, Spain, and North Africa, attempted to curb the abuses in the Church in the Frankish domains, inaugurated the Roman mission to Britain, preached frequently, endeavored to enforce clerical celibacy, prompted monasticism and improved the quality of life in some of the houses which were lapsing from their professed ideals, and was the author of voluminous writings on theology that were long standard in the West.

Waitrose organic chickens are raised with the lowest stocking density of all and have around four m / sq per bird of outdoor space — under our standards they have to spend half of their life outdoors.

Having a second income has not only raised my family's standard of living, but the extra income has also enabled me to be generous and help others financially too.

Many studies suggest that children raised in a two - parent family have a higher standard of living and fewer behavioral and emotional problems.

What of Tomasi's second claim, that capitalism has raised the standard of living for workers and even the (relatively) poor?

Labour needs to take advantage of this situation and position itself as the clear alternative to the Tories with progressive policies to raise living standards.

Labour should stick to the facts on immigration; that it overall contributes to raising living standards and point out the Tories and UKIP whip up scape - goating to distract attention from those responsible for cost of living crisis — the banks and government.

It has inspired 70 years of prosperity, raising living standards for hundreds of millions of people right across the globe.

Over recent days we've also heard my shadow cabinet colleagues, Emma Reynolds and Tristram Hunt, talk about how a Labour government will ensure we get the house building we need to strengthen our economy and improve people's quality of life, and about how we raise standards in our schools to ensure our children are equipped to succeed.

«So, we are fully aware of the Osun state government's commitment to advance the economy of the state in such a way that standard of living of the citizens would not only be raised but resourceful.

Shobowale attempted to convince the council that the adminsitration agrees with the premise of raising the standard of living for the working poor.