Not exact matches
Decisions within the corporate
world are shaped not merely by ethical ideals but also by
economic, social, political and legal
constraints.
By enabling new flows of money, information and power on a
world scale, the multinationals have succeeded in insulating themselves from both political and social
constraints on their
economic power, and thus have become an embodiment of the supreme value of
economic efficiency over human values.
1 The guru of the
World Economic Forum, George Soros, has said the same, arguing that a purely transactional approach to economic activity governed by the principle of self - interest, which he labels «market fundamentalism», is in danger of undermining social values and loosening moral const
Economic Forum, George Soros, has said the same, arguing that a purely transactional approach to
economic activity governed by the principle of self - interest, which he labels «market fundamentalism», is in danger of undermining social values and loosening moral const
economic activity governed by the principle of self - interest, which he labels «market fundamentalism», is in danger of undermining social values and loosening moral
constraints.2
Politicians operate in real
world with
economic and geopolitical
constraints.
There's also a through - line to 2015's Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain — narratively we are shown Big Boss going openly rogue and actively opposing the
world order, and while the game's mechanical focus is on freedom, this falls within the
constraints of a larger
economic system where the narrative freedom to do what you want, is a smokescreen for another system of exploitation.
It seems likely that environmental
constraints on
economic growth will dominate
world politics for the foreseeable future.
The
economic constraint on environmental action can easily be seen by looking at what is widely regarded as the most far - reaching establishment attempt to date to deal with The Economics of Climate Change in the form of a massive study issued in 2007 under that title, commissioned by the UK Treasury Office.7 Subtitled the Stern Review after the report's principal author Nicholas Stern, a former chief economist of the
World Bank, it is widely viewed as the most important, and most progressive mainstream treatment of the economics of global warming.8 The Stern Review focuses on the target level of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) concentration in the atmosphere necessary to stabilize global average temperature at no more than 3 °C (5.4 °F) over pre-industrial levels.