After many years of
relative economic well - being, the United States and read more...
By construction, income concepts that closely align with current tax rules — such as AGI — understate
the relative economic well - being of taxpayers who benefit most from some major tax preferences.
Not exact matches
First, although it should be clear that neither GDP is «correct» as a true measure of wealth creation, I think there are
good reasons to argue that the difference in real wealth creation might be greater than the difference in GDP — in other words that U.S. wealth creation is higher
relative to U.S. GDP than China's wealth creation is
relative to China's GDP — and it is this adjusted GDP, representing real wealth creation, whose value must be discounted to determine the
economic «wealth» of each country.
Given the absence of a public trading market of our common stock, and in accordance with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Accounting and Valuation Guide, Valuation of Privately - Held Company Equity Securities Issued as Compensation, our board of directors exercised reasonable judgment and considered numerous and subjective factors to determine the
best estimate of fair value of our common stock, including independent third - party valuations of our common stock; the prices at which we sold shares of our convertible preferred stock to outside investors in arms - length transactions; the rights, preferences, and privileges of our convertible preferred stock
relative to those of our common stock; our operating results, financial position, and capital resources; current business conditions and projections; the lack of marketability of our common stock; the hiring of key personnel and the experience of our management; the introduction of new products; our stage of development and material risks related to our business; the fact that the option grants involve illiquid securities in a private company; the likelihood of achieving a liquidity event, such as an initial public offering or a sale of our company given the prevailing market conditions and the nature and history of our business; industry trends and competitive environment; trends in consumer spending, including consumer confidence; and overall
economic indicators, including gross domestic product, employment, inflation and interest rates, and the general
economic outlook.
This policy has contributed to creating a more stable
economic environment
relative to that of previous decades and has allowed households and businesses to make
better long - term financial plans.
At similar stages of the
economic cycle in the past, we have found that companies in economically sensitive industries, such as automotive, construction and industrials, have generally fared
well, and are attractively priced
relative to their historical averages.
Economic growth momentum remains solid and
relative valuations indicate
better long - term return potential, in our view.
Conscience, however, was so privatized that religious, moral, and
economic values could not sustain the common
good in the republics of representative democracies except through «pressure politics»
relative to the social contract (Jean - Jacques Rousseau).
Since local communities can have no sustainable
economic well - being without considerable control over their own lives, this would require
relative economic self - sufficiency in relatively small regions.
A
good proportion of the cash would no doubt pass to younger
relatives to help them raise a deposit for a home; meanwhile when older households downsize they would free - up larger homes: two different routes to boosting the volume of housing transactions, with all the wider
economic activity this implies.
Ways in which popular technologies can be used to enable people with dementia to have fun as
well as unlock memories and enhance communication with
relatives and carers will be showcased during the
Economic and Social Research Council's (ESRC) Festival of Social Science.
Another group of schools that often over perform
relative to the socio -
economic background of their students are
well focused vocational training schools.
But our
relative advantages in these areas are swiftly eroding as other countries emulate our
economic institutions and as other countries attract their bright and
well - trained students back to work at home.
Yet even America, in the teeth of the
economic storm, can find some comfort in the
relative resilience of many hardback categories, as
well as books for children.
Furthermore, particularly in the case of Africa, the
relative isolation and low
economic baseline mean that these markets have been less affected by the fallout from the 2008 meltdown and have the
best long - term growth prospects.
A recent Pew Research Center report titled The Rising Age Gap in
Economic Well - being contends that the old prosper
relative to the young and they provide abundant statistics to prove their assumption.
It also says that the recent move up in 10 - year Treasury bond yields has been due to a combination of both increases in inflation expectations on the back of
economic growth and capacity, as
well as an increase in real yields due to a
relative shift in the supply and demand for capital.
In compelling and diverse images by 16 artists selected by curator Ralph Rugoff, we are invited to contemplate the strong emotional and psychological ties that connect these artists to their
relatives and partners, as
well as the powerful social and
economic forces that shape the family.
CBDR is grounded in a concern for social equity,
best explained in terms of examining (1) who are historically culpable for GHG emissions while giving consideration to (2) per capita emissions and (3) the
relative economic development status of each country.
For many lawyers, a Midtown NYC Virtual Office location may be the
best option to increase your currently hourly rate while maintaining a
relative small
economic foot print.
For many lawyers, a virtual office New York location may be the
best option to increase your currently hourly rate while maintaining a
relative small
economic foot print.
Due to its
relative economic vitality, high quality of life, and proximity to world - class outdoor recreation, it is often featured in various publications» lists of «
best places to live.»
Economic hardship, for example, has been associated with a greater risk of relationship break - up.16, 22 While the effects of both poverty and family structure on child development are
well established, there is less knowledge about their
relative impact on children's outcomes.23 — 25
... a key policy question, that can still be addressed from cross-sectional examination of census data, is whether the
relative economic status of Indigenous people is likely to appear any
better when the next census results are publicly available in 2002 and again in 2007.
So, while retailing in New York and its rings of suburbs and exurbs is weathering the
economic downturn with
relative ease, upstate retail markets are just getting by, reformatting properties to
better appeal to the consumers who stayed.
Debt overhang and ongoing deleveraging on the part of firms and households are the main culprits as
well as higher structural unemployment and the stultifying double entendre of more or less permanently high taxes and excessive regulation
relative to our
economic competitors.