Sentences with phrase «when economic resources»

The economy is more efficient and prosperous when economic resources are better distributed among the people - not equality of income, but equality of opportunity based on moderate levels of inequality (as we had during the Keynesian era.)

Not exact matches

Start with production: there certainly was a point in human history when economic power was derived through the control of resources and the production of scarce goods:

Provisions are recognized when the Group has a present obligation (legal or constructive) as a result of a past event, it is probable that an outflow of resources embodying economic benefits will be required to settle the obligation and a reliable estimate can be made of the amount of the obligation.

In economic terms, «maximum employment» is when all labor resources within the economy are being used in the most efficient manner possible.

These conflicting priorities stem from the fact that Canada has no energy strategy when it comes to oil and gas production beyond liquidating its resources as fast as possible in the name of short - term economic growth.

In the current economic climate, it can be difficult to justify certain expenses, such as charitable donations, when resources seem to be increasingly scarce.

A recent paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research studied what happens to scientific subfields when star researchers die suddenly and at the peak of their abilities, and finds that while there is considerable evidence that young researchers are reluctant to challenge scientific superstars, a sudden and unexpected death does not significantly improve the situation, particularly when «key collaborators of the star are in a position to channel resources (such as editorial goodwill or funding) to insiders.»

So he emphasized the degree to which «the wealth of our natural resources, and the fortuitous circumstance that we conquered a continent just when the advancement of technics made it possible to organize that continent into a single political and economic unit, lay at the foundation of our prosperity.»

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.

They show that when societies attain a certain level of prosperity they devote increasing economic resources to the improvement of the environment.

In consequence the new middle class has cultural clout enormously larger than one might expect from its relatively modest numbers and financial resources (the latter are considerable, but still modest when compared to the economic might of the business community).

When an economy has high unemployment, it is not using its economic resources in the best possible way.

Writing in today's Guardian, the IPPR's director, Nick Pearce, goes further, saying: «Gone are the days when economic growth could generate enough resources to redistribute income without making painful choices.

I don't know why the Vice President is struggling to deceive Ghanaians with his economic jargons when he knows very well that leveraging your mineral resources for such a facility doesn't make the facility a gift.

So when one country that is not an economic powerhouse, such as Turkey, has their defence needs declined by a supplier country that is technically competent and resource rich, then that makes them anxious.

«These... reports suggest that the government should value migrants as more than simply an economic resource and must continue to place importance on ensuring their integration into wider British society, even when their stay is expected to be temporary,» said JRF director Julia Unwin.

«When public resources are on the line, we have a responsibility as the government to make sure that they're being invested in projects and businesses that align with our economic priorities and that are maximizing the benefit to the surrounding community.»

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.

In crude policy terms, when economic growth is robust, it's easier to find resources to redistribute to the less well - off.

«I think when you control irrigation you control the economic resources of the society, and that's what they're using to get these great big mounds built.»

The four basic economic questions are: what goods to produce, how to use resources in the production process, who receives the finished goods and when to produce the goods.

It's important that teachers have accurate information so that when students ask them about or talk about «I couldn't go to university...», perhaps there's the option then for teachers to say «well, actually, did you know that although of course it will take some money to be able to afford the text books and all the other things, there are options that can really support people with less economic resources to make it to university.»

And while there was only a small variation in student performance that could be attributed solely to the level of resources, there was an 18 % variation in results when both resources and the socio - economic background of students were taken into account.

In particular, it does not consider market risk — the risk that taxpayers face because federal receipts from payments on student loans tend to be low when economic and financial conditions are poor and resources are therefore more valuable.

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In 1993, when the twinning process began, it was thought to have an economic development function that would open the markets of Japan to local businesses in the resource - based community of Port Hardy.

At the end of the turn when it's time to generate resources these agreements will bestow an extra 1 - 3 production tokens, which is a significant economic boost.

the digital age's impact on our expectations of privacy; the increasingly pronounced economic inequality throughout the world, which leaves resources under the control of few; increased military spending at a time when basic human needs related to shelter, food, and medicine are not being met; and worldwide drought and the impact of water shortages.

In a recent post, Christine addressed the problems of vandalism of dockless bike share schemes; it reminds us of the Tragedy of the Commons, described in the Guardian as «the economic theory that individuals using a shared resource often act according to their own interests and to the detriment of the shared resource... With bikes literally littering the street, riders become less mindful of how they treat the bikes and where they leave them when there is always another to pick up.»

At its current scale and rate of growth, the continuous economic expansion we see today may be approaching a point in human history when unbridled increases of production, unchecked per human consumption and skyrocketing human population numbers could overrun the limited natural resources and frangible ecosystem services upon which life as we know it utterly itself depends for its very existence.

I know this is over my head and I'm surely missing something, but when I read, «I envision a web - based global system for monitoring the state of the natural environment around the world; scientifically determining how much of the environment is available for economic use; allowing those rights to be bid to their natural level in the market; incorporating those environmental costs into economic decisions; and channeling the money generated to the holders of environmental resources, who are in effect, selling their environmental goods and services to the world», I cringe.

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.

Gleick explained how water and energy are linked, how limits to the availability of both resources are beginning to affect one another, and how recognizing this link when developing national energy and water policies can lead to many substantial economic and environmental benefits.

They make no economic sense because they would seriously decrease US competitiveness, raise energy prices, and restrict US access to its very rich fossil fuel resources when just the opposite policies are needed.

Solar and wind energy require essentially no water at a time when stress on water resources is becoming an ever larger economic and ecological issue.

That action is particularly attractive in an economic slowdown, when resources are cheaper.

The only time it makes economic sense to call on these more expensive resources is when demand pushes electricity prices high enough, as it did during the bomb cyclone.

We have forgotten to what degree the wealth of our natural resources and the fortuitous circumstanc that we conquered a continent just when the advancement of technics made it possible to organize that continent with a single political economic unit, lay at the foundation of our prosperity.

The public interest informs many of the positions we take — developing energy resource and infrastructure in a responsible manner that results in net benefits when considering economic, environmental and social impacts.

It is also important to note that this was at a time when the Trans - Atlantic Slave Trade was a major source of economic gain for North American and European powers, who used un-free labour of Africans to amass the wealth that allowed these regions to enjoy otherwise unimaginable luxury and leisure and which would later drive the West's Industrial Revolution (also built on the backs of Blacks, through the use of exploited Africans who, in Africa, extracted the natural resources used to build Western cities, factories and products of the Industrial Revolution).

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As with any decision a law firm makes when investing its limited resources, the firm should compare the total cost associated with the system against the economic return that the system brings the firm.

When they're just trying to figure out if they have a potential economic project or not, to at that point be diverting a lot of money which could be used in terms of delineating the asset and figuring out what the resources are — that's going to be particularly difficult for a junior mining company.»

When the economic downturn that hit the world like volcano in 2007/2008 put a plethora of talented professionals and executives in unemployment; and as companies were trying to leverage limited resources to do more with less, they had the advantage because it became an employers» market.

Kinship networks of grandparents, older siblings, godparents, and other biological and fictive kin can provide broader opportunities for youths.11,25,28 - 30 When kin are better off economically, youngsters gain access to resource - rich communities that offer a wider array of institutional, informational, and economic assets, including well - functioning schools.

When service failure occurs, an economic - resource remedy is more effective in the case of service outcome failure, whereas social - resource compensation is more effective in the case of process failure.

The courtroom dog project represented a major commitment both financially and in human resources at a time when both are stretched at CHP in today's tough economic times.

The financial health of many real estate companies is often precarious, even in good times, and while we can continue to jump through all the legislative hoops in today's very good real estate market, we will not have this luxury of additional resources when the next economic downturn occurs.