However, this decline was not observed uniformly among all social groups.

This decline reflects the wage cap on social security taxes (currently at 102,000).

Italy began to experience an economic and social decline as the 16th century progressed.

We could perhaps all be happy working fewer hours if the decline reflected gradual social progress.

Social disintegration is the tendency for society to decline or disintegrate over time, perhaps due to the lapse or breakdown of traditional social support systems.

The process of decline in fertility, particularly starting in the 80s, was generalized throughout all regions and social strata.

The serious decline of the Ivorian economy continues, which increases political tensions and worsens the social conditions in the country.

All the ingredients seem to be in place for a long and powerful perfect storm of economic decline and social unrest.

Failure to properly address those challenges could precipitate further conflict or result in a sharp decline in social and economic progress.

Economist Simon Kuznets proposed the existence of a sharp rise in inequality upon industrialization, followed by a decline to social democratic levels.

Either it modernizes its program to come closer to international social democracy, or it enters a period of slow and prolonged decline.

The decline of parties reflects the decline of class.

The Decline and Fall of America s Decline and Fall

And looking at that pattern. And what does that decline in social health mean, as a kind of a vital sign of the future?

They must be allowed to decline or move inland (and eventually decline).

Of course, that is the most extreme example, and Friedman does not show that a decline in economic growth rates necessarily leads to social turmoil.

America s Overrated Decline

AIPAC in Decline

Dignity or Decline?

First, the newcomers share a problem that undermined the social market model in Western Europe demographic decline and, consequently, the prospect of soaring health and pension costs.

In 1349, the Black Death radically altered Norway, killing between 50 and 60 of its population and leaving it in a period of social and economic decline.

There has been a decline in a few industrialized countries regarding the importance of the social background for marriage choice United States, Hungary, France and the Netherlands.

America s Self Inflicted Decline

Debt and America s Decline

Europe s Determination to Decline

The Decline of Ahmedinejad

But the same economic stimuli that underpin higher food output also lead to supply problems, a decline in living standards, and massive social strains, especially in urban centers.

But today s social, economic, and political systems at least in developed countries are unable to withstand a peacetime decline in output of 15 20 within a short period.

But the fact that Russia s social and economic diseases are going unaddressed has consigned the country to the long term decline that his presidency was supposed to reverse.

Comparisons between the 1999 General Social Survey and the 1993 Survey on Violence Against Women point to a decline in the rate of spousal violence against women over time.

The Challenge of Russia s Decline

Targeting of sectors will decline.

Japan s Road to Harmonious Decline

Japan's decline has been palpable.

Subsequently the dollar did decline.

The Decline of Renewable Energy

Of course, that is the most extreme example, and Friedman does not show that a decline in economic growth rates necessarily leads to social turmoil. Indeed, many historical episodes of diminished or even negative growth have gone by without any unusual social problems.

We could perhaps all be happy working fewer hours if the decline reflected gradual social progress. But we are not happy with unemployment that results from a sudden fiscal crisis.

Democratization and the increasingly important role of civil society organizations as partners for social development, despite the decline in the role of trade unions, helps to promote transparency and accountability.

The Decline of the West Revisited

The Decline of US Military Innovation

The Final Decline of the West

The Long Decline of Western Europe?

Chinese buying reversed the euro s decline.

Life expectancy continues to decline investment in infrastructure, research, and education are stunted the economy is barely able to compete internationally and the social divide between poor and rich is deepening.