Not only are the emerging economies growing rapidly, they also save a higher percentage of the Gross Domestic Product (a standard measure of economic output for an economy).
Chinese, through their actions, have made it very clear that they want more than just a higher standard of living and economic growth.
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It used to be that the U.S. was number one in pretty much everything: education, technology, standard of living, economic and military strength, admired world leadership.
Yet, their policy of increased spending financed by higher taxes and rising debt are a direct threat to the middle-class standard of living and economic security.
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The protectionist objection that immigrants take away jobs and harm our standard of living is a solid economic fallacy.
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Gold standard countries have high rates of economic growth that appeal to creditors, and even more appealing to those same creditors is the measure of value that defines their currencies.
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Mr. BERNANKE: Tendering the adoption of new technologies or inhibiting trade flows would do far more harm than good, as technology and trade are critical sources of overall economic growth and in increases in the standard of living.
Roach is largely correct in stressing the importance of deleveraging in the current economic funk, and the impotence of standard policy tools in overcoming that.
But officials on both sides of the Atlantic say they hope a pact could provide a template for standard-setting, regulation and economic relationships for the rest of the world.
The United States had its greatest periods of economic advancement with a gold standard system.
"The key to reconstruction, economic development and improving peoples' standard of living is security, " he said.
The idea here is to communicate that ultimate goal of economic production is to raise folks standard of living, by which we mean their level of consumption.
Standard economic models predict that in the absence of clearly defined property rights, such common resources will be overexploited, with individuals acting without regard for the effects of their actions on the overall pool.
Conventional academic wisdom is that this period has been a wonderful example of how economic management via currency manipulation can solve the terrible problems of the bad old gold standard years.
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But he will be judged by Cypriots on his success or failure to end an economic crisis that has already seen their standard of living decline.
The 1920s, 1960s and 1980s were all marked by fantastic innovation, greater economic growth and a gratifying rise in the standard of living.
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The Renewable Fuels Standard builds in "safety valves" in the event of extreme economic harm in states or regions or if the ethanol industry does not produce an adequate supply.
Standard Chartered said it sees a rosier economic outlook in many of its Asian markets this year, after a global economic slowdown put the brakes on profit growth last year.
Firms that used to collect on average about 92 cents for every dollar of standard time their lawyers worked in 2007, before the economic downturn, now are getting less than 85 cents.
Remember that in August Standard and Poor's downgraded the US, not because of its economic prospects but because of how near it came to not agreeing a budget and the danger that revealed of "governance and policymaking becoming less stable, less effective, and less predictable".
Events have resulted in an acute realization for schools: Business education needs to change and adapt to the demands of a new normal a new global economic standard that is pushing private enterprise to address social and environmental issues with much more aggression than past years.
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The Obama administration also wants to facilitate economic expansion, encourage job growth and improve the living standard of all Americans.
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However, a gold standard system can make available any amount of currency, as is appropriate given economic needs and the fixed parity value.
The standard economic argument against Fairtrade goes like this: the low price of commodities such as coffee is due to overproduction, and ought to be a signal to producers to switch to growing other crops.
The first perspective is fairly standard stuff: the outlook for economic activity and prices over the next couple of years, assuming that rates move in line with market expectations.
The criteria will set the a minimum standard for sustainability for the tourism business, covering the social and economic benefits of tourism as well as its impact on a destination's environment and cultural heritage.
Under the classical gold standard economic growth, international trade and global capital flows flourished with a minimum of state intervention.
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This sort of gain in productivity ultimately translates into increased economic activity, the ability to pay down debt and a higher standard of living for those of us who are employed.
Goolam Ballim, chief economist of Standard Bank Group, warned that the power cuts would reduce South Africa's economic growth.
And going forward into a world of little economic growth, where money printing and debasing the currency is the standard, I only want to own companies that consistently grow free cash and use that cash to shrink the float.
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