From a societal standpoint, a slowdown in spending may not be a bad thing.
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The deadline to enter is this week and some prospective contestants are also looking to solve a societal problem and simultaneously turn a profit.
Link existing international networks of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) with relevant societal actors on a global scale to focus innovation on societal desirability.
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Still, the FDA decision moving the pill from behind the counter to drugstore shelves reflected a societal shift in the long battle over women's reproductive rights, marking a major milestone for those who believe all forms of birth control should be easy to buy.
Lastly, sorry but an upper middle class kid from a lawyer growing up in Seattle and dropping out of Harvard did not go through the same societal system as a kid from Watts.
On a societal level, we have decades of studies proving primary care is the most efficient way to take care of a population and keep them healthy.
The story underscores a societal reality: People will go to great lengths to shirk jury duty.
Are we saying that because it's a societal problem, no joking and no laughing are allowed?
But the more solid theory is that it's sort of like a societal reaction.
Societal norms are a reality, and their maintenance is important to most members of a society.
The idea that we are more composed, more interested in nurturing and compromising, is a societal fabrication.
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At a societal level, Cioffi argues that the benefit of Google Fiber would be way below its costs.
Mr. YAROSLAVSKY: Because what I see as a diminution of my value you may see as a societal benefit.
Of course, from a societal perspective, patent law needs to evolve to meet the changing needs of modern society.
When governments fought inflation with free-market reforms they both forged and reflected a societal consensus in favour of economic stability.
Over the next two years, both Eminem and Chrysler were able to tap into a societal shift towards more honest and transparent brands.
We need a societal shift in which men are just as likely to go part-time so they can pick the kids up from school.
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If it were viewed as more of a societal expectation and people were willing to offer more support, fewer caregivers would suffer in isolation, he says.
Adam Smith, who is considered the father of capitalism, viewed it as both competitive and cooperative, a societal system based on self-interest, self-restraint, morality and justice.
Quite frankly, spoiling talented young athletes is a societal epidemic.
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Unless we come up with long-term solutions to grow the American economy, create more jobs and maintain our standard of living, we run the risk of a societal meltdown.
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Another culprit: a societal shift toward praising kids whether or not they succeed, which has led them, as adults, to put in less effort and expect more in return.
"Part of this isn't a sport problem, part of it is a societal problem, " said Dan Gould, director of the Institute for the Study of Youth Sports at Michigan State.
As Robert Wright argues in the amazing book, Nonzero, every so often, there are dramatic technological advances that create the potential for larger and more complicated nonzero-sum games on a societal level.
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"There's a societal ideal that what you read is nobody else's business, " says Cindy Cohn, legal director for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a nonprofit group that advocates for consumer rights and privacy.
And I think on a societal level, the understanding that obesity can have fundamental genetic causes and is not always due to moral failing may permeate society and we may treat obese people differently.
It not only has an economic impact on the community, it has a societal impact in terms of the public safety and the attitude about that community about themselves when you lay that many people off.
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There are lots of local studies and initiatives that propose ways to fix these things, but our public health system is woefully underfunded, and translating any promising findings to meaningful societal change poses a huge challenge.
Others, such as the European health minister, see it as a societal challenge that should be met with schemes that encourage people to cycle to work or walk to school, or by subsidising sports centres such as Davos's Tourism und Sportzentrum.
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