Teddy Roosevelt believed that we needed a government that can function - an economy that can function without government interference.
An economy cannot function when debt is 7X the size of the economy.
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Not only are our children not able to keep up with the better-equipped competition coming from India and China, but if things don't change very soon, all these tens of millions of our sons and daughters will grow up to be adults unable to even function in our economy, let alone compete.
One of them is the establishment of individual liberties so that a free economy can function.
Guy told me that the demand for high-yield debt is a function of the improving economy, declining returns for the debt market, and the fact that the weakest issuers were effectively shaken out by the last recession.
"What's very important is taking responsibility - it's realising that the economy needs to function, " she said.
This function can significantly improve fuel economy, especially when traveling on the highway.
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Needless to say, adults with low levels literacy are less able to help their children and increase household income due to their limited ability to function efficiently within a market economy.
These men and their colleagues made up the "Chicago School" (who some say practised the "Commercial Style"), which stressed economy, simplicity and function.
The long-term goal (5 to 7 years) is for the government to live within its means as a function of the size of our economy.
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Also, given that both GDP and employment are a direct function of capital investment, our economy will not recover strongly as long as our corporate income tax is globally uncompetitive.
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In 2001, military spending, as a function of the over-all American economy, was, at six per cent, the lowest it had been since the Second World War.
The 50, 000-plus wells other firms have successfully drilled in federal waters of the Gulf offer further evidence of how rare these instances are in an industry that serves such a vital function in the U.S. economy.
Communications technologies of all kinds function as an economic lubricant, reducing friction in the economy and thus accelerating economic growth.
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The function of Wall Street is to allocate capital for the economy.
The global economy is a complex system and is a function of millions of individual actors making decisions for both rational and irrational reasons.
The Australians are now training the Solomons' own police, and have brought in a team of civil servants to help rebuild the country's economy so that it will eventually be able to function on its own.
Central banks' second function is macroeconomic stabilisation, setting interest rates to keep inflation in check without causing the economy to stop and start.
So, unless the economy really nose-dives, I suspect the Fed will allow the market system to function normally this time around, allowing economic growth to slow if that is its inclination, and the stock market to adjust to that, without government interference.
Innovative companies and jobs are a function of investment, but when money is being devalued investment in the intellectual concepts that actually grow the economy lose out in favor of inflation hedges.
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