Sentences with phrase «safety nets»

Safety nets are not Friedman's only response to those crushed by the Lexus.

While favoring both safety nets and trampolines, I would focus more on systemic changes in the economy that would reduce the creation of poverty

He climbed granite rock faces without ropes and traversed tightropes without safety nets.

Canada is far less religious than the US (way more atheists per capita), and yet has fewer abortions per capita, far less gun violence per capita (despite being just as ethnically diverse), is a peacekeeping country, less divorce per capita, has universal health care, more social safety nets, and Canadians are considered much nicer than Americans.

The govt should provide for the common defense and basic logistics of running the nation, not provide safety nets for the unscrupulous and lazy to exploit.

So what happens when, in ten years or so, there will be more retired and elderly Chinese than there are Europeans, in a country that has nothing resembling western social safety nets?

The implosion of our entitlement safety nets has more to do with the demographic crisis — too many old people and not enough young ones — and uneven and uncertain economic growth (which has lots of causes).

Moving beyond laissez - faire, democratic governments have also formed safety nets for those who can not compete effectively, regulated workplaces to protect worker safety, and guaranteed universal access to education and health services.

«We're all on our way if Romney has his way; he's against safety nets.

By all means tweak and add safety nets.

Inside, they strung safety nets across the cathedral's vaults about 90 feet high, supported by steel beams.

Programs like these are called safety nets for a reason — yank them away and people get hurt, today more than ever.

I still see two basic Lockean movements against BIG GOVERNMENT: The first is the implosion of all the safety nets — from pensions and unions and tenure to....

We are not inclined to «fight» further speculation by raising our safety nets on every advance, and again, our outlook would become far more neutral if market internals were to improve.

«Given what looks to continue to be a low - interest - rate environment for some time in many countries, along with uncertainties about government safety nets, individuals may need to think more strategically about investing for retirement — and how to generate income after,» said Ed Perks, executive vice president, chief investment officer, Franklin Templeton Equity.

Even in countries with social safety nets such as government pension plans, many people remain uncertain about how to achieve their retirement goals and dreams — and how to prepare for unexpected post-retirement expenses.

That's a source of concern at present, and but it's enough to maintain a rather neutral immediate outlook provided that safety nets and tail - risk hedges are kept within several percent of current extremes.

Imposing higher taxes on the wealthy is the best way for countries such as Canada to reinvest in their social safety nets, education, and infrastructure while protecting the middle class.

But if something awful happens, it's good to know about the safety nets available for federal student loans.

My question for the FIRE community is how do you plan for a 40 - 50 year retirement when there is so much uncertainty around the future of taxes and safety nets?

That requires investments in retraining and lifelong learning as well as social safety nets.

These adjustments can be painful for individuals, and it is incumbent on policy - makers to help buffer the transition by ensuring adequate safety nets for workers and facilitating retraining and relocation.

The father - and - son forensic accounting duo, who co-founded Accountability Research Corp. in Toronto, lay out an alarming picture of the Canadian investing landscape in a new book, Easy Prey Investors: Why Broken Safety Nets Threaten Your Wealth.

And over the last forty years, large corporations have nearly eliminated the safety nets that workers used to count on from them, including implicit promises of long term employment and secure pensions.

The high income households have nice broad, diversified safety nets that can allow them to withstand shocks (oil prices, housing prices, employment fluctuations, unexpected illness) by shifting through short, medium and long - term forms of saving.

To me, this is a peek at the safety nets of households in different income groups.

He is quick to make suggestions for what can be done to combat the potential losses — government safety nets, retraining / re-entry programs, and a shift in educational focus are all things he urges Canadians to consider.

When your startup is small, you may find it difficult to build in productivity safety nets.

Most people do not receive formal education on these strategies, but those who actively seek to learn about have great potential to cash in and build their own safety nets.

Furthermore, the Tufts fellow thinks banks that wisely beefed up capital reserves expecting to be held to a higher standard will now «feel tempted» to reduce existing safety nets.

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Other safety nets exist as well, to protect you and your loved ones if you are no longer around or able to speak for yourself.

After all, quitting a job to pursue business is risky, especially without having a safety net in place.

It has been on an upward price track for years, in part because the Chinese — compelled by the lack of a social safety net to save rigorously for things like higher education and in case of illness — have few other investing vehicles with which to protect their savings from the ravages of inflation.

Starting a business meant giving up the safety net your employer had provided.

Because of this shift, older adults have started to see technology as more than just a safety net.

We didn't have the social safety net to keep people from falling into despair, and we didn't have the mechanisms to help people retool.

That way, even if something does happen, your credit card credentials get leaked and you lose all the money on the card, you'll only lose what you transferred — you won't give the criminal access to your primary fund, and that's your safety net.

By 2026, 22 million fewer Americans would have health coverage and enrollment in the Medicaid safety net program for the poor «would fall by about 16 percent and an estimated 49 million people would be uninsured, compared with 28 million who would lack insurance that year under current law.»

Buybacks have been a safety net of sorts for the stock market through the almost nine - year bull market.

In this segment, Eunice Yoon speaks to famed economist Stephen Roach about the rising power of China's consumer and what the government must do to ensure a strong social safety net.

Put your butt on the line and take big risks instead of following the path of least resistance and falling into a safety net.

Meanwhile, the ALP backflips on the Medicare Safety Net and WA is still cashed up.

At the very least, the income is a safety net; it also means more money to invest in the mission.

Warren favors tighter regulation of big banks and a bolstering of the social safety net.

The Fortune Society helps to provide a safety net for ex-felons, often working with them even before release, providing work training, affordable housing options, outpatient substance abuse treatment, a mental health clinic, and even paid internships.

What this means is that the bank needs to consider the potential consequences of enabling America's debt addiction, and at the very least, provide a strong safety net for borrowers who get into trouble.

Last week thrill - seeking tightrope walker, Nik Wallenda successfully traversed a tightrope hundreds of feet above the Chicago River, strung between two skyscrapers while blindfolded without a safety net or safety harness.

Wallenda says that when he's walking on the wire he doesn't need a safety net because the tightrope itself serves the same purpose.

You can always come back and bump it up, but it's important to have a safety net.