Apropos of the need to stop
talking about economic growth as unconditional good, disregarding ecological limits, Yale e360 recently ran a good piece by Gus Speth that's worth reading in full.
What a remarkable contrast: President Donald Trump was in command at Davos
talking about economic growth and prosperity, while House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D - Calif., and disgraced former Democratic National Committee chairwoman Debbie Wasserman...
«We know full well that Mr. Trump wants to talk trade and always
talks about economic growth and job creation,» Mr. Trudeau told reporters.
Not exact matches
«If investors spent less time listening to the
talking heads on BNN and CNBC and more time studying history, they would realize that there is little value added by obsessing
about economic growth,» Murray Leith, an analyst at Odlum Brown in Vancouver, wrote last fall.
We are comfortable now with our 3 - percent sustained
economic growth, says Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin,
talking about the impact of tax reform on the U.S. economy.
Further, the Trump Administration and many members of Congress have
talked about using
economic growth to pay for other proposals and reduce the deficit.
There has been a lot of
talk in European
economic circles
about the fact that since Germany's bilateral trade with the rest of the Euro zone is now almost balanced, its CA surplus is no longer an obstacle to
growth for the Euro area «periphery».
No one ever
talks about American producers or entrepreneurs driving
economic growth.
Further, the Trump Administration and many members of Congress have
talked about using
economic growth to address our rising national debt.
Now, says O'Neill, is time to
talk about the MINTs — Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria and Turkey: their
growth potential and chance to become
economic superpowers in the near future.
I mean if we got back to robust
economic growth, maybe we could even
talk about it, but at this point in the economy, it just seems crazy to even be debating this.»
Romney could have
talked about how policies that increase
economic growth and policies that help people who are marginally attached to the labor market can be complementary.
The candidates
talk a lot
about job creation and
economic development, with Espaillat condemning the
growth of so - called big box stores and Walrond promoting infrastructure investment, but there is not a policy issue driving the race.
He
talked blithely
about using funds from
economic growth and crackdowns on tax avoidance and corporate welfare to avoid austerity.
The Mamfe Methodist Girls» SHS did not only place 5th in the finals for their innovation in the area of Social Responsibility Business (SRB), but also won a gold medal for their innovation towards the achievement of the United Nations (UN) SDG 8, which
talks about promoting sustained, inclusive and sustainable
economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all.
When it got to the turn of the Council of Elders, the regional chair spoke, Hon Hackman spoke, I spoke and I spoke on the economy, but you don't
talk about the economy by starting with the resource location;... I started by
talking about how poorly this economy has been managed that we have gone from GHS9.4 bn debt to GHS110bn debt at the time, and how
growth, without oil, was 1.9 bn and had dwindled to
about 4 % etc.,... And I said something which I've said in this room: that Ghana is not poor and that the resource base of this country is found in five regions and I mentioned the regions specifically because I was making a strong
economic argument.
«This creates a unique opportunity for us to
talk about the region,
talk about the assets and
talk about the things that many of us that live here and go to school here and decided to raise a family as a place to call home (already know)» Andrew Kennedy, Center for
Economic Growth President, said.
Talking over people who were shouting responses to the statement
about economic growth, Faso said he also supports the elimination of taxes on medical devices.
In fact I was just
talking to an economist this morning; you extrapolate the gross world product, the world
economic activity and it has been just phenomenally consistent at
about 3 percent
growth rate over the last 30 years.
All other major players who have proposed targets have
talked about total emissions, not intensity, which indexes emissions relative to
economic growth.
March 31, 2011 • David Wessel,
economic editor of The Wall Street Journal,
talks to Renee Montagne
about the U.S. economy, and possible threats to a recovery because of slow
growth overseas.
Gallery owner Sean Kelly, Whitney Museum of American Art curator Carter Foster, and artists Pat Steir and Fred Wilson
talk about the current state of the art market in light of the
economic downturn and the impact of the exponential
growth of art fairs.
Essentially, all they said is that they acknowledge that global warming is due to unspecified human activities, that it will have ecological consequences (no mention of
economic consequences, other than the insinuation that taking action of global warming might threaten
economic growth), and that coordinated global action is required, but that
economic growth and energy security must be taken into account, and that they'll meet to
talk about it again.
What we are
talking about is more like, How much fuel will be burned by how many airplanes reaching their airstrips over the next half - century, given various projections for population
growth and
economic development, imponderables
about changing patterns of mobility and technological breakthroughs, and market reactions to unpredictable events like terrorist hijackings?
No, I'm not
talking about the UK's just - published Royal Society report, which, among other things, recommends that developed countries put a brake on
economic growth.
By all means — let's
talk about it but let's see where the solutions are coming from and how we might facilitate progress,
economic growth and societal resilience.
The media seldom
talk about this, they know not that indiea and chinas 500 million $ 7000 per annum western style people are going to guarantee > 2C even if we do something wondeful in renewables within 30 years which is doubful due to
economic and population
growth.
My point of
talking about the linkage
about civil liberties and freedom, and
economic growth, is to advocate for less civil rights and freedom.
Infrastructure and
Economic Stimulus It was striking to me to hear Obama
talk about infrastructure projects as a source of job
growth over the next 24 months.
On March 26, 2009 The White House and a whole bunch of environmental group leaders decided to stop
talking about climate change and push the agenda by
talking instead
about national security, green jobs, clean energy
economic growth, clean energy future, diversification of energy, health, future generations...
With the
talk in the United States all abuzz
about the presidential election this year, President Obama (and advisors) and Mitt Romney (and advisors) have to act as though they know the solution to lowering unemployment and raising
economic growth rates.
«Companies we
talk to are bullish
about 2018, particularly given Singapore's positive
economic outlook, but they also plan to keep a close eye on costs to maximise their potential for business
growth and accessing a contingent workforce is an effective way to do this,» Eardley said.Of the companies who engaged contractors and temporary staff, 38 % did so for «special projects» while 33 % used contractors and temporary staff only in «exceptional circumstances», while 18 % enlisted the services of contractors and temporary staff on a regular basis.Hays» data also found that, of the companies using a flexible staffing approach, 42 % employed «part time staff», 24 % employed «casual staff» and 12 % facilitated the provision of «job sharing».