Sentence examples for favour of capital from inspiring English sources

Theory would suggest that, even if the odds have shifted in favour of capital, balancing factors should come into play.

(He was against the prohibition of alcohol but in favour of capital punishment. Wood really does have a point).

Yet the latest turn in the tide of global capital flows, and the debris it leaves behind, may tip economists' opinion in favour of capital controls.

The bulls argue that the balance of power in the global economy has shifted decisively in favour of capital, at the expense of labour.

Of almost 2,000 people questioned, 45% were in favour of capital punishment – which represents a fall from 51% in a similar poll four years ago.

"We knew this was going to come, and we prepared ourselves," says Mr Pereira.The consensus in favour of capital mobility has always been less clear-cut than that in favour of free trade, for two main reasons.

The shift in favour of the capital markets is well advanced in America, where bank lending accounts for just one quarter of financial assets.

This was the original aim of the TARP, using auctions, but it was dropped earlier this month in favour of direct capital injections.

America abandoned its original plan to buy toxic assets last October in favour of extra capital because the crisis demanded faster action.The nuclear optionAn alternative (or perhaps prelude) to a bad bank would be nationalisation.

That is the stark warning of Sir Peter Bazalgette, chairman of the Arts Council of England, speaking this weekend after he had defended his organisation's continued spending bias in favour of the capital to a parliamentary select committee.

When authorities tinker with the tax system to favour some forms of capital over another, the distortions they create usually come at a cost.