Sentences with phrase «whose economic position»

This mode of consciousness, according to Whitehead, is displayed primarily by the fortunate classes, whose economic position allows them the freedom to reflect upon the inherited values, laws, and customs.

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The Atlantic Provinces Economic Council (APEC) is a policy research organization whose mandate is to further economic progress in Atlantic Canada and build synergies among its stakeholders to strengthen the region's position in a rapidly changinEconomic Council (APEC) is a policy research organization whose mandate is to further economic progress in Atlantic Canada and build synergies among its stakeholders to strengthen the region's position in a rapidly changineconomic progress in Atlantic Canada and build synergies among its stakeholders to strengthen the region's position in a rapidly changing world.
During the first meetings of ATTAC, we saw the succession of clearly anti-capitalist positions and those, whose priority is the regulation of financial markets and of the world economic system.
She'll replace Bob Duffy, a former Rochester mayor whose principal duties in the position were to serve as the governor's surrogate at (mostly upstate) events and to sit as the titular chair of 10 regional economic development councils.
When the Heartland Institute held its gathering in New York City last year celebrating climate skepticism, Exxon Mobil made a point of saying it had stopped contributing money to that group, explaining that it did not want to support groups «whose position on climate change could divert attention from the important discussion about how the world will secure the energy required for economic growth in an environmentally responsible manner.»
We said at the time that we had discontinued contributions to several public policy research groups whose position on climate change could divert attention from the important discussion about how the world will secure the energy required for economic growth in an environmentally responsible manner.
«We have discontinued contributions to several public policy research groups whose position on climate change diverted attention from the important discussion on how the world will secure the energy required for economic growth in an environmentally responsible manner.»
One of his first moves on becoming CEO of Exxon in 2006 was to announce it would stop funding organisations like the Competitive Enterprise Institute «whose position on climate change could divert attention from the important discussion on how the world will secure the energy required for economic growth in an environmentally responsible manner.»
In 2007, Exxon pledged in its corporate responsibility report that it would no longer contribute «to several public policy research groups whose position on climate change could divert attention from the important discussion on how the world will secure the energy required for economic growth in an environmentally responsible manner.»
On the vital question of how to approach climate change, the most influential economist is William Nordhaus whose explicit position is that we should decide to reduce greenhouse gas emissions only if cost - benefit analysis or an optimisation model concludes that the net benefits to humans are positive, where the relevant effects are essentially impacts on economic output (Nordhaus and Yang, 1996).
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