Two - thirds said Canada should prioritize other
ways of growing our economy.
The benefit of having a strong and independent academia is that we get to explore innovative
ways of growing our economy while protecting our environment.
Not exact matches
The GDP report is also a
way to look at which sectors
of the
economy are
growing and which are declining.
They may confront some difficult choices because their emphasis on the middle class — the focus
of virtually every piece
of propaganda released by the Trudeau government — may not be the most effective
way to «
grow» the
economy.
Traditional answers often focus on various sectors and involve more or less hand - wringing about their rise and fall, but according to the author
of a forthcoming book on entrepreneurship and
economy, there is another, better
way to view our
economy — as one single ecosystem, a sort
of one - sector
economy that interacts as a unit much like a forest and which should be nurtured as it
grows and recycles itself.
The huge growth in wealth generated by China's explosive progress also presents a risk that the country will go the
way of Japan, which has suffered from a 40 - year recession in which the
economy has failed to
grow even 1 % over the past 20 years, Ramasamy tells boot camp participants.
Despite indicators showing that the
economy can in no
way be
growing at an annual rate
of 7 % (for example, in the first seven months
of this year, power consumption
grew barely 1 % while rail freight fell 10 %), Chinese officials continue to insist, with a straight face, that growth is meeting the 7 % target.
«While we are pleased the industry continues
growing at faster rates than other sectors
of the
economy, we could be
growing much faster, creating more new jobs and businesses, if Washington addressed the tax, spending and regulatory uncertainty plaguing the small business community in a meaningful
way,» said IFA President & CEO Steve Caldeira.
We believe that one
of the
ways to
grow Canada's
economy is to better leverage both diversity in our workplaces and immigration.
This book is a must read for those concerned about how technology is disrupting the
way we work and eroding the social safety net, and how policy makers should respond to ensure that the
growing number
of workers in the «gig»
economy earn adequate benefits.
As the process
of adjusting to lower inflation proceeds, the
economy should be able to
grow faster in a sustainable
way.
The November 2013 Wells Fargo / Gallup Investor and Retirement Optimism Index survey found investors more confident in the stock market than in other aspects
of the
economy; still, fewer than four in 10 said the stock market is an excellent or good
way for average Americans to
grow their assets.
After a series
of weak, scandal - ridden minority governments, Modi appears to be on his
way to restoring India's credibility as a dynamic, fast -
growing emerging
economy.
Already at the time
of the American Revolution, financial economists were popularizing the contrast that Malthus soon would imitate in his population theory: Debts
grow at «geometric» rates, while the
economy itself
grows only «arithmetically,» in a slower and more linear
way.
For a
growing number
of companies, the challenge is not to find cheaper
ways into the US market, but to find alternatives to a sluggish US
economy.
The spillover effects
of international cooperation and mutual exchange
of knowledge will allow the domestic industry to
grow and prosper along this
way; paving the path for further international integration
of the Vietnamese
economy.
Saudi Arabia has looked for
ways to expand its
economy beyond oil, with the Public Investment Fund — which is expected to
grow to $ 2 trillion under management after the country's state - owned oil company goes public — serving as a crucial part
of that strategy.
Their
economies should be labor intensive rather than energy intensive; produce more durable goods to reduce waste; use local materials in building; consume locally
grown foods; engage in organic farming; utilize organic garbage; depend on perennial polyculture, aqua - culture and permaculture; favor trains as well as human - powered machines such as bicycles; employ solar power and other on - site modes
of producing energy; and in various
ways operate on self - nourishing, self - healing, self - governing principles.
In this period, the
economy may
grow by quantum leaps, a new mode
of production may come into being, or the political regime may change in a
way that promotes subsequent economic change.
For some time now environmentalists have been calling attention to the
way the
growing economy is straining the limits
of the environment to supply our needs.
I confess that I have become somewhat blasé about the range
of exciting — I think revolutionary is probably more accurate — technologies that we are rolling out today: our work in genomics and its translation into varieties that are reaching poor farmers today; our innovative integration
of long — term and multilocation trials with crop models and modern IT and communications technology to reach farmers in
ways we never even imagined five years ago; our vision to create a C4 rice and see to it that Golden Rice reaches poor and hungry children; maintaining productivity gains in the face
of dynamic pests and pathogens; understanding the nature
of the rice grain and what makes for good quality; our many efforts to change the
way rice is
grown to meet the challenges
of changing rural
economies, changing societies, and a changing climate; and, our extraordinary array
of partnerships that has placed us at the forefront
of the CGIAR change process through the Global Rice Science Partnership.
Farm to school month celebrates the
growing importance
of farm - to - school programs in childhood nutrition, as well as a
way to support farming, ranching, and local
economies.
And re-election this month
grew out
of a thirst for a new kind
of politics, and a conviction that the old
way of running the
economy and the country, isn't delivering for more and more people.
The Coalition for a Digital
Economy warned that it would make Britain a much less attractive place to start and
grow a business, for fear
of a Whitehall official one day arriving and saying you had to change the
way your business works to provide the data the Home Office wants.
The President noted that when African
economies grow and improve, and its youth get educated and are self - confident and full
of hope, «the world finds its
way to our doors, and the language and history
of our countries become attractive to our own and foreign universities.»
«
Of course we all want to see living standards improve, but the
way to improve living standards is to
grow the
economy,» Cameron says.
«Governor Andrew Cuomo's Regional Economic Development Councils are paving the
way for projects like this that will
grow the
economy, create jobs, and improve quality
of life for New Yorkers.
Hundreds
of people from around the country are in Albany this week to talk about
ways to
grow and improve the nation's so - called «clean
economy.»
ES: You know, I think the best
way to
grow the
economy is not increasing the size
of government; it's actually cutting government so small businesses are able to thrive.
Given the problems we face, as a party Labour should be exploring
ways of helping the
economy grow more rapidly and make the UK a more attractive place for business to flourish.
«Investing in our transportation infrastructure is one
of the fastest, most effective
ways to
grow our
economy and create new jobs,» Gillibrand said at the hearing.
Theoretically, they can be an effective
way to lower emissions, since they can allow a nation to
grow its
economy and gradually cut the fraction
of carbon intensive emitters (say, by building wind farms instead
of new coal plants)
A
growing band
of experts argue that the only
way to save the planet is to reshape our
economy so that it's not based on growth.
McKibben: Well, it's not quite the same, because we're not, you know, we [wouldn't] try to, sort
of, do a big political campaign around it, but it is the
way that this, you know, the things like this locavore movement and local agriculture in general have spread very rapidly from local farmers» market [s] to the fastest
growing part
of the food
economy in this country and have been for a decade now, they're just booming everywhere.
Billings, Montana is the largest city in the state and affords residents and visitors with all the accommodations
of a big city, but with lower crime rates and a
growing economy that is partly due to the high number
of tourists passing through on their
way to nearby Yellowstone.
«The amount
of entries in our first - ever Splash Into More Cash Giveaway clearly shows me that so many retailers and grooming shops are thirsty to find new
ways to improve and
grow their business, especially in today's tough
economy,» says Dan Barton, founder and president
of Splash and Dash for Dogs.
Before the tourism boom, cattle ranching was the heart
of the local
economy, practically the only
way that locals could earn a living here with the land, since no one had found a
way to
grow crops at competitive rates.
«With one
of the biggest clusters
of games companies in the UK, our local area is well placed to lead the
way in
growing this vital sector for our
economy.»
Choosing sustainability is about our future, our earth, benefiting local business, being aware
of social issues that need attention,
growing our
economy and society in a new dynamic
way, and to replenish our environment.
The limited resources and frangible ecosystem services
of Earth can not sustain much longer the
way the global political
economy is currently
grown without regard to biophysical limits to its seemingly endless growth.
Would you agree that if the leaders
of our culture choose to keep
growing the global
economy in the business - as - usual
way they are doing now, then the future
of life as we know it could be put at risk?
It will take looking at the opportunities
of how these
economies can
grow in green
ways, it will take us all truly working together to figure it out.
Our global
economy has
grown the
way it has because
of the enormous EROI
of fossil fuels.
And through conversations with others in the
growing climate justice movement, I began to see all kinds
of ways that climate change could become a catalyzing force for positive change — how it could be the best argument progressives have ever had to demand the rebuilding and reviving
of local
economies; to reclaim our democracies from corrosive corporate influence; to block harmful new free trade deals and rewrite old ones; to invest in starving public infrastructure like mass transit and affordable housing; to take back ownership
of essential services like energy and water; to remake our sick agricultural system into something much healthier; to open borders to migrants whose displacement is linked to climate impacts; to finally respect Indigenous land rights — all
of which would help to end grotesque levels
of inequality within our nations and between them.
The capitalist
economy, the
way of the world, along with an unchecked,
growing human population, demands growth in the
economy, but it can not continue.
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.»
As China deals with a slowing
economy and India tries to keep up with the demands
of a fast -
growing and increasingly affluent population, the only
way to reconcile energy demands with public outcry over emissions and pollution is by finding cost - effective
ways of integrating low - emissions coal technology into their power infrastructure.
As climate change makes the desert nation hotter and drier, and a
growing economy uses more water, the United Arab Emirates is giving $ 5m to researchers finding
ways to wring more moisture out
of clouds
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Growing Demand for Soybeans Threatens Amazon Rainforest» (12/20/2009) «The Copenhagen Conference on Food Security» (11/10/2009) «U.S. Headed for Massive Decline in Carbon Emissions» (10/14/2009) «On Energy, We're Finally Walking the Walk» (9/21/2009) «Creating New Jobs, Cutting Carbon Emissions, and Reducing Oil Imports by Investing in Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency» (12/11/2008) «The Flawed Economics
of Nuclear Power» (10/28/2008) «New Energy
Economy Emerging in the United States» (10/15/2008) «Time for Plan B: Cutting Carbon Emissions 80 Percent by 2020» (7/2/08) with Janet Larsen, Jonathan G. Dorn, and Frances Moore «Want a Better
Way to Power Your Car?
The move is framed as a
way of attacking climate change, reducing U.S. dependency on foreign oil and
growing the
economy through cleaner energy jobs.