Sentences with phrase «term economic gain»

Despite all the promises, we are still damaging the future of this precious place, for short term economic gain.

Science these days is heavily beset by propaganda efforts aimed at distorting scientific results and analysis in the name of economic gain (rather short - term economic gain at that).

Humans will fail in this duty if we place short - term economic gain over the environmental conditions which will shape the lives of humanity in the future.

There has to be a point where principle trumps short - term economic gain, a point where you admit to yourself that it's not worth the money to put the planet at risk.

And a 2015 study between economists and Teachers College revealed an $ 11 long - term economic gain for every $ 1 spent on a rigorous SEL program.

In our corporate consumerist American culture which celebrates hedonistic materialism and where aggression and a lack of ethics often results in short term economic gain [at the expense of long - term sustainability], taking a public stand for universal human values is likely to result in the end of career advancement or even job loss.

His words can apply to any number of instances today where Canada faces derision for pursuing destructive pathways for short term economic gain.

The government analysis also concluded that the agreement would generate long - term economic gains for Canada totalling $ 4.2 billion, up from the $ 3.4 billion that was expected under the old TPP.

How can companies make better decisions if they are encouraged to look not just at short - term economic gains, but also at medium - to long - term societal and ecological gains?

«What it tells you is that you have an administration that places short - term economic gains over the long - term health of fish stocks, with really no regards for the science.»

«The idea is to give more countries, rich and poor, access to comparing themselves against the world's education leaders, to discover their relative strengths and weaknesses, and to see what the long - term economic gains from improved quality in schooling could be for them,» said OECD education director Andreas Schleicher.

Improving education would produce «long - term economic gains that are going to be phenomenal», says Mr Schleicher.

«Without strong countervailing pressures, short - term economic gains will inevitably trump protection of the critical ecosystems necessary for sustainable development,» said Keshav Varma, Program Director of the Global Tiger Initiative at the World Bank.

In all of these cases there is a steep global price tag attached to physical changes in the Arctic, notwithstanding the short - term economic gains for Arctic nations and some industries.

Not exact matches

But she also stresses creating the environment for long - term economic growth, which is why a significant increase to the capital - gains tax for investments less than six years in duration is at the center of her plan.

«Dirty» or structured term sheets are proposed investments where the majority of the economic gains for the investor come not from the headline valuation, but rather through a series of dirty terms that are hidden deeper in the document.

Economic activity has gained momentum and longer - term interest rates have risen, helping to boost the earnings of banks and insurance companies.

Accordingly, the rejection of labor contracts «has not been the mechanism of last resort to save a failing business,» the Air Line Pilots Association told Congress in 2010, «but instead has often been used by employers as a business model to gain long - term economic advantage by unfairly gutting the wages and working conditions of airline and other employees.»

This gain in credibility contributed to a rapid decline in long - term interest rates, which in turn significantly reduced public debt charges and contributed to stronger economic growth and government revenues.

Economist Michael Hudson explains how economic terms like capital gains are deployed to mislead the public about who is benefiting from economic policy and where wealth is going.

Stubbornly low yet consistent economic growth in the U.S. gave confidence to companies that they could market debt in seemingly limitless quantities, while short - term investors enjoyed the stock market gains.

Many analysts expect long - term interest rates to rise later in 2015, due to economic gains and actions taken by the Federal Reserve.

There will be economic costs in terms of business deals lost, but little in the way of tangible gains.

In terms of economic sectors, the significant losses in energy and materials pulled the MSCI World Index into negative territory despite gains for consumer, technology and health care stocks, which have larger index weights.

Hard rock deposits by and large are not economic at current spot (or term) uranium prices, so if you see uranium at $ 75 or $ 80 per pound in the coming years (I don't), purchasing shares in hard rock uranium development companies could lead to gains.

Economistic thinkers typically support this opposition, but as long as the issues are fought out within the nation, public opinion can support policies that involve some short - term economic losses for the sake of long - term environmental gains.

Common sense would suggest that in fact, in strictly economic terms, nothing has been gained.

As long as economic gain is the sole consideration among broadcasters, we can not expect to have television which approaches communication in terms of meeting the needs of the citizens for information and expression.

White argues that American corporate law has considerable resources to give us for thinking about the corporation as citizen, resources that are endangered when we define the corporation exclusively in terms of economic gain.

This distinction matters because in the case of economic migrants what the state is doing when it admits them is best understood in terms of mutual advantage: the migrants gains by moving, and the people of the receiving state gain by having them in their midst.

When you hear George Osborne say «long term economic plan», what he really means is «short term political gain».

While there undoubtedly will be items in the budget that folks will not be happy with, we believe there needs to be short term pain before we are able to see long term gains in the areas of job creation and economic growth our region and state so desperately need.

1) Gain a deeper understanding of the evolution of the EU's «strategic endowment» in the medium - long term (e.g. demographic trends, capacity to innovate and protect innovation) and its role on economic and diplomatic influence is of major importance.

Such a move would generate substantial economic efficiency gains from reduced congestion, reduce the tax levied on the majority of miles driven, leave many (particularly rural) motorists better off, and provide a stable long - term footing for motoring taxes without necessarily raising net additional revenue from drivers.»

Mr Brown told business leaders it was about, «taking government out of areas where it need not be and government guaranteeing economic decisions are made as they should be, for long - term economic purposes, not for short - term partisan gain».

Pierina Ana Sanchez, a former City Council staffer and White House intern who now works at the Regional Plan Association, noted some of the substantial gains the Bronx has achieved in terms of population and economic growth.

Evaluating data from the 40 - year follow - up to the High / Scope Perry Preschool Program Study, Belfield and his colleagues show how preschool participation by low income children relates to significant economic benefits both to the children by the time they are in their 40s and to society more generally (Belfield et al. 2006).1 Summarizing over 160 studies conducted from 1960 through 2000, Camilli et al. found that preschool had a range of shorter and longer term positive relationships to cognitive gains, progression through school, and social - emotional development (Camilli et al. 2010).

School Wastage Study - National Absenteeism in Armenia «The term, school wastage, can be broadly defined as lack of demonstrated school success or realized educational gain (or value), measured as output of student achievement, outcome of social and economic returns, from provided educational services, finance, and other schooling related consumption of resources.

Eric Hanushek in «The Seeds of Growth «argues that human capital is crucial to long - term gains in economic productivity and growth - and shows how poor the U.S. standing in the world actually is.

gain historical perspective by placing their growing knowledge into different contexts, understanding the connections between local, regional, national and international history; between cultural, economic, military, political, religious and social history; and between short - and long - term timescales.

While policy - makers and politicians in the UK might struggle to quantify the benefits of language learning in economic terms, linguists know that the advantages include, but go well beyond, immediate economic gains.

Mid-cap stocks have gained more than large stocks over the long term and they're better able to weather economic shocks than smaller firms.

If you follow our three - pronged approach — diversifying across most if not all of the five main economic sectors, avoiding stocks in the broker / media limelight, and sticking mainly to well - established companies — then you can be almost certain of long - term gains in excess of what you'd get with any other investment approach.

Mid-cap stocks have gained more than large stocks over the long term and they're generally able to weather economic shocks better than smaller firms.

Those with long - term investment horizons can benefit by gaining exposure to bond strategies that allocate to countries on the basis of debt - servicing economic resources rather than debt issuance, effectively raising the relative credit quality of holdings.

As I mentioned in the previous section, loss aversion is an economic term that describes how humans tend to lose more satisfaction from a losing trade (or investment) than they gain from a winning trade.

If you diversify across most if not all of the five main economic sectors (Manufacturing & Industry; Resources & Commodities; Consumer; Finance; and Utilities), and stick mainly to high quality blue chip stocks — then you can be almost certain of long - term gains in excess of what you'd get with any other investment approach.

Capital gains for bond funds are shown to be zero under the assumption that over the long - term, the impact of interest rate charges and economic cycles will net out capital gains and losses to zero.

For example through setting up eco-friendly tourism with local Amerindian communities in the jungles of Guyana; loggers and miners can be kept out by giving the jungle a sustainable economic value and with that sustaining it's flora and fauna and the Amerindians way of live (choosing a long term sustainable gain over a short term gain).

We'd all like to see less disparity in terms of both economic gain and respect for the environment — right?