Sentences with phrase «term public good»

However, I have seen, that too often in the management and in the boardroom, the balance swings too far in favour of the choices that bring in short term profit, rather than longer term public good.

Unless long - term public good wins over short - term private gain and ignorance, vast ranges, already greatly depleted, will at no distant date be as barren as the sheep - created deserts of Spain.

Not exact matches

«A better understanding of the medium - term trade - off of private sector versus public sector debt will be helpful in developing stronger guidance around the monetary / fiscal policy mix,» Poloz said in his speech.

In terms of revenue and network size, Snap looks a good amount like Twitter when it went public.

raise late - stage venture and other private capital on equal or better terms than in the public markets — and with less hassle.

Private companies now have an unprecedented ability to raise late - stage venture and other private capital to finance their innovation and investment, often on equal or better terms than in the public markets and with less hassle.

But there are many things public company boards can do to better align with their core responsibility to the stockholders — and they can do it in a way that is proactive and more long - term in nature than if it is in response to an activist.

I think about going public, or maybe a partnership, but we're entering into a very high - risk, demanding phase of the company's development, and strategically I think being private will allow us to make some good long - term choices.

I actually believe being public offers a long - term competitive advantage for the best run companies (and Darwin deals with those that aren't meant to be special long - term).

Some assets, however, may no longer serve a public policy purpose and are of particular interest to, for example, Ontario's large pension plans as good long - term investments.

Therefore, when considering Wind Farming, consult a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), CCIM and other Financial Consultants too, or you may not receive the best financial advice to build long term multi streams of ultimate and other passive income for your and future generation's financial futures!

In short, because they pool longevity risk, can offer a well - diversified portfolio with longer - term investments, and are professionally managed, public pension funds deliver the same level of benefits as DC plans at only 46 percent of the cost.15 Any funds invested with the state pension fund would be kept in a separate investment pool from public sector funds.

It would have been better if the paper had been released after the Prime Minister's statement in Davos and before budget 2012 to allow for a public discussion on the elderly benefit system, but that was not possible because the paper did not address the issue of the long - term fiscal sustainability of elderly benefits.

What is important for attaining the Federal Reserve's mandated objectives is not that monetary policy is described in terms of a formal prescriptive rule, but rather that the FOMC's intentions and strategy are well understood by the public.

In contrast, Public Banks empower small businesses, students, homeowners, city and state governments, and community banks to prosper and thrive by banking for the common good over the long term, and making low - cost credit available where it is needed in the real economy.

His Royal Highness, Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, Chairman of PIF, commented as follows: «The Public Investment Fund is focused on achieving attractive long - term financial returns from its investments at home and abroad, as well as supporting the Kingdom's Vision 2030 strategy to develop a diversified economy.

«It's still true that the biggest players in the public markets — particularly mutual funds and hedge funds — are not good at taking short - term pain for long - term gain.

I could admittedly do better, and would certainly have captured more upside from temporary speculation, had I committed myself to the principle that central banks will act strictly to defend the bondholders of the banks they represent, even if it means trespassing into fiscal policy, subordinating public interest, empowering the worst stewards of capital, violating legal restrictions, and inviting long - term instability.

What looks like a bubble at first glance can be viewed as a long - term strategy for funding drug development, one that involves private funds, pharmaceutical companies and the public markets, along with a good deal of risk — and, sometimes, high reward.

While the GGP transaction is the best evidence we have in terms of «A» mall pricing, Floris van Dijkum, an analyst with Boenning & Scattergood, explains that «' A» malls are currently undervalued in the public markets, but sentiment can change as it has in the past.»

VICTORIA — B.C.'s New Democrats are calling for new and stronger actions from the B.C. Liberals to ensure long - term sustainability and environmental quality, greater public accountability, and best practices in the natural gas industry as the practice of hydraulic fracturing...

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He used funds from the Treasury's Troubled Asset Relief Program, as well as the Federal Reserve's Term Asset - Backed Securities Loan Facility, to seed a Public - Private Investment Program.

I don't know, but he seems to be smart enough in terms of politics to know that while science may provide some truths, it doesn't necessarily provide the truth of the good toward which the country in terms of its public policy must aim to deal with the problems confronting it.

In the midst of giving generally good advice to conservative pro-lifers about how to play to their political strength — by emphasizing the issue of late - term abortion, where a consensus of public opinion is on their side — Krauthammer offered this:

It also capitalizes on the endless public appetite for distraction and the desire for self - fulfillment rather than social good (as if the last term even has any agreed meaning).

These inner - city Catholic schools are «public schools» in the best sense of the term; they're open to the public (not just to Catholics), and they serve a genuine public interest, the empowerment of the youthful poor.

The virtue of socialism, it is argued, is that it does away with such irresponsible authority, and forces those who make economic policy to appeal to the electorate and to justify their decisions in terms of the public good.

According to James Juhnke, this engagement is good for both sides: Mennonites are forced to consider how nonviolence relates to issues of justice and how it can be applied in terms of public policy, while the broader church must take seriously «our claims that peace is central to the gospel.»

In most cases they have overcome both political fragmentation and government overload by replacing their old governmental bureaucracies with an innovative and effective form of governance: coalitions (composed of business, government, nonprofits, universities, neighborhood and minority associations, and religious groups) that develop a cooperative agenda to improve the city and that assume many of the city government's traditional functions (economic development, long - term planning, educational reform, even care of the homeless), and that also operate like political parties of yore (providing the point of access for new groups and a public realm for discourse, debate, and negotiation concerning matters of the common good).

In addition, so far as the public is concerned, imprisonment offers potential victims short - term security at best, Ninety - five per cent of those incarcerated are released after serving an average sentence of from 24 to 32 months.

With the addition of more and more services, including research of public wants, needs, fears and hopes as well as follow - up studies of advertising effects on sales, votes, or simple acceptance, the more general term marketing has grown in use to signify all the varied parts of an orchestrated campaign to «move» any entity, from soap to Senators, into a market.

Overall, ecumenical campus ministry in public higher education — in the northeast at least — has some well - defined needs, the most critical being a constituency in each denomination that will support it, especially in terms of budgetary increases.

A «well - regarded» clergyman who filmed men using a public toilet in a shopping centre has been sentenced to a suspended four - month jail term.

Immediately after attaining liberty, the revolutionaries invoked «public virtue» more often than any other term, a virtue which they defined as the readiness to sacrifice self - interest to the common good.

«Liberty» is as close as we get to an ethical norm, and that term is deeply ambiguous, depending on whether it is, in John Winthrop's words, freedom to do the just and the good (Christian freedom) or freedom to do what you list (the freedom of natural man).10 While American civil religion remained extremely vague with respect to particular values and virtues, the public theology that fleshed it out and made it convincing to ordinary people used it with more explicitly Christian, particularly Protestant, values.

Very well then, let Luther write him a public letter expressing this sentiment in objective terms, giving his reasons for returning, and showing that he knew he was going against the Elector's wishes.

Better to explain the nature of theology in terms of the church's life and mission as a community active in the public realm.

It is still possible, at the moment, to play good defense here, both in terms of public policy and in legally defending Church - based institutions from the assault of the dictatorship of relativism.

It is endowments that give such private universities the freedom to act in ways that temporarily contradict public opinion and, in the long term, serve the public good.

The calls to have the Pope arrested are the product of a false ideology and such journalism, as well as being irresponsible in terms of public order and impossible under British and international law.

Remember from the beginning of the Obama administration the very public mantra was «our number one priority is to make Obama a one term president» and the Greedy Obstructionist Politicians made good on their promise with record numbers of filibusters and anonymous objections with the sole purpose of making government as non-functional as possible.

Consumers will appreciate our efforts in being responsible stewards of the land and good neighbors, while maintaining the long - term viability of businesses that contribute significantly to the state's economy,» said Robert P. Koch, president and CEO of Wine Institute, the public policy advocacy group for nearly 800 California wineries and affiliated businesses.

Changes to competition laws (milk wars discussion and recommendations relating to MMP (introduce effects test), predatory pricing (recommend Minister direct ACCC to investigate Coles for breach of s 46 relating to predatory pricing), unconscionable conduct (suggest it be defined), statutory duty of good faith, unfair contract terms (seeks «recognition of the competitive disadvantage faced by farmers» and extension of unfair contract terms protection to small business), collective bargaining (seeks relaxation of public interest test for boycott approvals in agriculture markets, increase «ability for peak bodies to commence and progress collective bargaining and boycott applications» on behalf of members - and further dairy specific recommendations, ACCC divestiture power (wants ACCC to have similar divestiture powers to Comp Commission in UK - «simpler process of divestiture», ACCC monitoring powers (wants Minister to direct ACCC to use price monitoring powers to «monitor prices, costs and profits relating to the supply of drinking milk») and mandatory code of conduct (wants mandatory code and «Ombudsman with teeth to ensure compliance»)-RRB-.

However, Sherwood's own future at the club is still in doubt after a series of shaky results and public outbursts, but should the former midfielder still be at the helm next term, and depending on whether Spurs inserted a buy - back clause in Caulker's contract then a deal could very well be on the cards.

The best we can do is catch a slight glimpse of him as he speeds by us in this life, and hope that he will in some way help prepare us for the day when we elect public officials who wear beanies and have term themes to write.

Reportedly valued at around # 34m by Everton, John Stones could be on his way to Chelsea this summer as the club go public about their interest in the 21 - year - old England starlet, who is widely regarded as one of the best young players in the Premier League and who could make a great long - term replacement for John Terry.

I wrote in rather vague terms then and I am now as well because I don't feel it's fair to my child to delve into it too deeply in a public forum.

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In terms of getting around, public transport seemed fairly easy to navigate, car rental is plentiful (although rumour has it the better rates are found in Cancun), and the taxis are all newer, with functioning seat belts.