The opponents of globalization correctly realize that trade produces unpredictable and destructive consequences for the environment and for society, he says, but globalization also leads to more and better food, better health, longer life and other benefits that affluent Western locavores take for granted.
Perhaps because he is given one of the few engaging monologues, Aaron Himelstein stands out for the quiet intensity with which he delivers the Little Monk's argument that Galileo's upending of hundreds of years of accepted truth may have destructive consequences for common people, who have taken comfort in the ordered universe described by Catholic orthodoxy.
Channelisation measures taken halfway the 20th century have had destructive consequences for the diversity of the ecology in the majority of the lowland streams in countries such as the Netherlands.
Behavioural scientists explain that addicts have a behaviour pattern that may lead to destructive consequences for themselves, their families and society.
The fact is that even global warming, about which we feel guilty, can be traced to the normal desire to enjoy the good life, complete with cars, electricity, factories, power plants, and other necessities that turn out to have destructive consequences for the planet.
Ongoing inflammation in RA involves positive feedback loops between activated T cells, B cells, DCs, macrophages, and their products, with destructive consequences for parenchymal cells.
When asked, 'What does bullying at work mean to you?', participants described the phenomenon as targeted, systematic behaviours that have destructive consequences for the victim and/or the organization.
Alisa Solomon overlooks the universal meaning of "The Golem": the possible self-destructive consequences for all who use violence to defend themselves.
He describes the potentially destructive consequences of this strategy — directly for the borrowing countries, and indirectly for the global economy.
