Sentences with phrase «when economic troubles»

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The trouble with this analysis is that inequality has been higher when economic growth is strong.

And we are not talking just about the recent rise in lipstick sales at Estée Lauder, which is considered by some to be a hot - red indicator of economic trouble (at least on slow news days) on the horizon because consumers tend to turn to less expensive indulgences when losing confidence in the future.

But more than anyone, Mr. Schäuble has come to embody the consensus that has helped shape European economic policy for years: that the path to sustained economic recovery for financially troubled countries is to slash spending, raise taxes when necessary and win back the trust of bond markets and other investors by displaying commitment to fiscal prudence — even if that process imposes deep economic pain as it plays out.

If Canadians become more focused on economic risks, the thinking goes, they will pay less attention to the Duffy scandal, and they will be more cautious when casting their ballot. In this world - view, it actually helps the Conservatives to talk up bad economic news. This marks a U-turn from earlier messaging, when Conservatives first tried (futilely) to deny the economy was in any trouble at all. With the negative numbers piling up around them, the Tory spin machine has decided to throw in the towel, and try to make a silk purse from this sow's ear. They now want to emphasize the gloomy economic outlook (while simultaneously, of course, evading blame for contributing to it at all).

But when I asked this question yesterday at our Food Services Parent Advisory Committee meeting, I learned that not only does stigma remain a real issue at some schools, there's now a troubling, modern - day twist on the problem: on some campuses, hapless kids standing in the federally reimbursable meal line are having their pictures taken by other students» cell phones, with the photos then uploaded to Facebook and / or texted around the school along with disparaging messages about the child's economic status.

Changes in economic policy create winners and losers; when the would - be losers are a powerful bloc within the government, the push for reform is going to have trouble finding traction.

He said he was beginning another four years in office during «troubled times» when people were questioning whether the country's economic system and justice system are fair.

And most people feel that experience matters more than new thinking when it comes to steering Britain through our current economic troubles.

That suggests an expansion of the network of lead pipes that brought water to individual buildings — but only until the 5th century C.E., when economic collapse and other troubles put the region's aqueduct out of commission.

That search for political stability and economic security desire leads to billions in gold being purchased around the world when there is trouble in important areas.

When the economic climate is bad, small businesses can land in deep financial trouble.

When discussing the ongoing success of the pet care market, even in the thick of a troubled economic climate, many industry observers are quick to point to the love that pet owners have for their companion animals as the primary driver of this trend — and rightfully so.

Conversely, when two, typically large, neo-expressionist paintings by Julian Schnabel and Eric Fischl — each depicting an attenuated male figure — are placed within the feminist - themed «Gender Trouble» section, they gain fresh relevance as signifiers of «masculinist» culture's decline in the»80s and of the American male's diminishing economic prospects today.

When one examines the troubling contradictions — astonishing cruelty, environmental and health risks, economic imbalances — involved with the business behind and mass consumption of meat, vegetarianism takes on the urgency of much larger debates in which the survival of the human race is at stake.

Individual countries get into deep economic trouble when they try to ignore basic economic principles.

We know a large percentage of lawyers who believe that the economic downtown is at the root of all their troubles — they continue ardently to believe that when the economy rights itself, the practice of law will return to the world they knew before 2008.

Managing partner Steven Grant says: «In these troubled economic times when there is so much gloom and despondency around, it is great to be able to report some good news.