Sentences with phrase «societies get wealthier»

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«We are a wealthy society in Britain and if we're going to live within the limits of our planet then some people are going to have to get more and some people at the top are going to have to get less and that means that the economics and the environment go together.

Three Wrong - Headed Ideas Driving Reform of U.S. Teaching Force Washington Post, 6/12/15 «When the going gets tough in our wealthy societies, the powers - that - be often choose quick fixes.

«By examining what Sinquefield is up to in Missouri, you get a sobering glimpse of how the wealthiest conservatives are conducting a low - profile campaign to destroy civil society.»

«When the going gets tough in our wealthy societies, the powers - that - be often choose quick fixes.

Edward Lendner, who was director of climate issues in a previous White House administration, wrote last week: «In what would be the single most important contingency that could impact civil society in the United States and other nations around the world, there is no agreed upon plan for how to deal with a collapsing world in the distant future if climate change and global warming get out of control and mass migrations northward create chaos in both wealthy and poor countries.»