Sentence examples for economically counterproductive from inspiring English sources

Too much could be economically counterproductive.

We understand what they don't like about our society, its crude unfairness and economically counterproductive cuts.

Liberal Democrats consider spending cuts economically counterproductive amid high unemployment, and see further reductions as threats to cherished priorities.

Too often FDR's policies were economically counterproductive.

It would be cruel and economically counterproductive.

What conservatives are saying, he told Matthews, is increasingly not only counterproductive economically but also politically.

Ms. Merkel said shared debt liability within the euro zone was "economically wrong" and "counterproductive".

On Monday, Ms. Merkel was even sterner, dismissing "euro bonds, euro bills and European deposit insurance with joint liability and much more" as "economically wrong and counterproductive," besides violating German law.

LONDON — Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany stuck to her guns Wednesday, telling lawmakers on the eve of a crucial summit on the future of the euro that giving in to pressure to share debt burdens without a political framework in place would be "economically wrong and counterproductive".

Public and Commercial Services union general secretary Mark Serwotka said: "Driving down pay even further at the same time as cutting public sector salaries and pensions, and planning to cut the 50p tax rate, would not only be cruel it would be economically incompetent and counterproductive.

Mark Serwotka, general secretary of the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union - which represents civil servants - told the BBC the plans would be "cruel, economically incompetent and counterproductive" at a time when public sector salaries and pensions were being cut.