Not exact matches
As a result,
economic forces impact Canadian markets in a
way that may be different from their impact on American markets, and vice-versa.
As one of Michigan's leading corporate citizens, DTE Energy is a
force for growth and prosperity in the 450 Michigan communities it serves in a variety of
ways, including philanthropy, volunteerism and
economic progress.
«I expect that the evolution of the financial system in response to global
economic forces, technology, and, yes, regulation will result sooner or later in the all - too - familiar risks of excessive optimism, leverage, and maturity transformation reemerging in new
ways that require policy responses.»
Since then the Foundation has worked steadily to bring home the message that the emergence of Asia as an
economic force is reshaping our world in
ways that Canadians can only ignore at their peril.
According to the «Austrian school», one of the most basic flaws in the QTM and in many other
economic theories is the treatment of the economy as an amorphous blob that shifts one
way or the other in response to stimuli provided by the government, the central bank, or a vague and unpredictable
force called «animal spirits».
Holmes dissented when the Supreme Court overturned
economic regulations as violating substantive due process or freedom of contract not because he favored the regulations, but because he thought that the
forces which dominated the political branches should be allowed to govern in their own
way.
The spiritual struggle of Western man can be interpreted as his search for a
way of life which will make possible free personal selfhood in the midst of all the
forces, dogmatic, ecclesiastical,
economic, social, and technical, which depersonalize him.
We call out the
economic injustices, the educational inequalities, the maternal mortality, patriarchy, movements designed to baptize inequality in sacred language, the
forced prostitution, the sex trafficking, all of the countless
ways that the image of God in women is abused and mistreated and broken or diminished.
Through a complex set of
forces which can not here be traced, 8 Calvinism by
way of Puritanism gave an undergirding to both political democracy and
economic individualism.
While great attention therefore needs to be paid to the manipulation of power and the management of
economic and political
forces, we know that the primary mode by which a community reconstitutes itself is by its interpretation, by its reflection on ancient memory and tradition, and by its recasting of that memory and tradition in new
ways that are resonant with the new situation.
The foreign debt continues to be an issue and new voices have began to sound the need to look for
ways to face it; (ii) At the national level two questions are concentrating increasing attention: one is the reassessment of the necessary role of the state to correct the distortions of a runaway market (currently discussed in Europe and in the discussions about the role the initiatives of «an active state has played in the
economic development of Asian countries); the other is the need for a «participative democracy over against a purely representative formal democracy: in this sense the need to strengthen civil society with its intermediate organizations becomes an important concern; (iii) the struggle for collective and personal identity in a society in which
forced immigration, dehumanizing conditions in urban marginal situations, and foreign cultural aggression and massification in many forms produce a degrading type of poverty where communal, family and personal identity are eroded and even destroyed.
We are accustomed to thinking of the «costs» of modernization in the developing nations: the disrupted traditions, the break - up of families and villages, the impact of vast
economic and social
forces that can neither be understood nor adapted to in terms of inherited wisdom and
ways of living.
This will
force your muscles to work in a more
economic way, and use less energy.
Through the poignant juxtaposition of citizenship and slavery, young people's protest against attacks on their
economic activity and more broadly against the employment crisis, reflects their efforts to
force their
way to political recognition, rather than existing a political space that seems to exclude their voices and needs.
The acting chairman of the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu has said he will make a statement on the controversies surrounding the wanted former chairman of the Presidential Task
Force on Pension Reforms (PTFPR), Abdulrasheed Maina particularly on how he made his
way back into the country.
Continued EU membership can help address both
economic uncertainty and cultural anxiety — widespread fears that certain values and
ways of life are threatened by the
forces of transnational markets.
During these difficult
economic times, we must find
ways for State government to act smarter, more efficiently, and maximize existing resources, and that is precisely what this Task
Force has done,» Governor Paterson continued.
In this
way, local resources will be used in the best
way possible: we will be encouraging
economic development in our area, using a local workforce to carry out that development, and using targeted local incentives to assist in appropriate development projects,» County Executive Poloncarz said Board Member Michael Hoffert, President, Buffalo AFL - CIO Labor Council, called the labor
force policy «a no - brainer.»
From establishing a one - stop shop for
economic development in Erie County, to opening up for development the old Bethlehem Steel site, to creating a new task
force to find
ways to adequately fund Visit Buffalo Niagara, to building upon our successes of attracting Canadian businesses to this side of the Niagara River, each Initiative represents just one piece of a puzzle, or a gear in the overall machine that is our economy.
But these small achievements by conventional supranational structures are a long
way from a vision which recognises the
way in which nations are slowly splintering in the face of myriad conflicting interests and overwhelming transnational
economic forces.
In a
way we mathematically benefit from our profound ignorance of the real
economic web's detailed structure because it
forces us to model the catalytic network as basically random.
In a debriefing session that followed this particular videoconferencing session, a discussion ensued on the social issues that arise when people see little hope for the future, as well as the
ways social, political, and
economic forces work together in negative
ways that can exacerbate tensions in distressed communities.
While no apologist for the man who became synonymous with the Great Depression, Whyte details how Hoover was up against worldwide
economic forces that he had no
way of controlling and points out that the hard times continued long into Roosevelt's presidency.
Over 50 % of U.S. corporate revenues come from outside of the U.S., which means that in a
way, the U.S. stock market is affected by international
economic forces.
«We believe tourism to be driving
force behind the UAE's
economic and social development and it is our incessant commitment and obligation to provide our valued customers with impeccable service and a unique experience that continues to pave the
way for excellence in the region.»
A timely merging of political,
economic, social and environmental
forces, occurring in both the Bay Area and the country, paved the
way for the creation of the park.
how artists create new
ways of working and living in response to their historical and socio -
economic conditions, often foretelling and epitomizing societal shifts and providing insight on influential
forces in contemporary life that relate to us all.»
She is interested in
ways the digital vernacular affects current and future modes of production, shifts in socio -
economic concerns, cultural consumption / participation, and the inevitable environmental consequences of these
forces.
In some
way, we have to find a brake, and finally gradually transform the underlying
forces to brought us where we are now: — unreserved capitalism (by redefining what capital is and who it belongs to)-- freedom of personal development, — juridical and financial autonomy of corporations (every action or inaction by a corporation must be accounted for by real people — consumerism, — nationalism and regionalism, — confiscation of communal resources by
economic parties, juridical and political support for any of those above)
I had a passing thought that these changes might reflect the broader prospect that — when pushed by
economic forces, at least — human behavior can shift in
ways that can consume resources more parsimoniously even as life improves.
The
economic downturn will
force many desperate people who have lost their jobs their retirement funds and their homes to join the ranks of the new civil army (part of the president elect plan to create 2.5 million new jobs) that will be used to enforce the lunatic laws that wreck our
way of life.
Building on this critique, Speth goes on to conclude in his book that: (1) «today's system of political economy, referred to here as modern capitalism, is destructive of the environment, and not in a minor
way but in a
way that profoundly threatens the planet» (2) «the affluent societies have reached or soon will reach the point where, as Keynes put it, the
economic problem has been solved... there is enough to go around» (3) «in the more affluent societies, modern capitalism is no longer enhancing human well - being» (4) «the international social movement for change — which refers to itself as «the irresistible rise of global anti-capitalism» — is stronger than many imagine and will grow stronger; there is a coalescing of
forces: peace, social justice, community, ecology, feminism — a movement of movements» (5) «people and groups are busily planting the seeds of change through a host of alternative arrangements, and still other attractive directions for upgrading to a new operating system have been identified» (6) «the end of the Cold War... opens the door... for the questioning of today's capitalism.»
«In many
ways, it codified market
forces already at work that are driving the adoption of energy efficiency, renewable energy and grid services that independent modeling shows can reduce costs for customers, create jobs and
economic impact, and offer more competitive energy options.»
Economic efficiency requires that those who generate emissions pay the cost, and the simplest
way of
forcing them to do so is through a carbon tax.
Now, out here in the real world the most charitable
way to describe this lunacy of
forcing the nations of the world to give up fossil fuels is to... to... well, now that I think about it, there is no
way to describe this as anything but a pathetic joke which if implemented will cause untold
economic disruption, disaster, and death.
Well the
economic and market landscapes have changed — there are increasing competitive and market pressures
forcing law firms to change the
way they operate.
Also, if you are extremely worried about the possibility that your new marriage could fail and that this would
force you to make
economic sacrifices that you do not think would be acceptable under the status quo in the absence of a prenup, you might want to think twice about whether getting marriage in the
way that you are planning to get marriage is really a good idea.
At the same time, «technology, globalization,
economic and other
forces» transform how legal services are accessed and delivered, with new, untraditional, providers emerging online and offline to offer services in very different
ways.
In one
way of looking at the situation, our profession has scared itself into loving counter-ethical
economic forces that have captured hold of us.
Cash - strapped and debt - ridden, many lawyers will be
forced to hang a shingle on a shoe - string, looking for the most
economic ways to build a practice.
Major venture capital companies are pouring in money, and the industry is well on its
way to becoming a major
economic force.»
In some
ways, the
economic downturn was a great thing because it
forced the big breeders to rethink their strategy and to slow down.
Whereas the earliest work on this topic emphasized the socio -
economic status of parents and the
way in which (maltreating) parents were themselves reared, subsequent work, guided principally by Belsky's 6 process model of the determinants of parenting, highlights social - contextual factors and
forces that shape parenting.7 These include (a) attributes of children; (b) the developmental history of parents and their own psychological make - up; and (c) the broader social context in which parents and this relationship are embedded.