His adherence to the Stalinist economic model had disastrous consequences: both industry and agriculture fell into disarray, and the standard of living steadily deteriorated.
It all starts on a farm in the midwest, which is clung on to almost to the very end of the novel; the children go out into the world, and their lives become steadily more virtual, less connected to the world of the soil.
While the ruling class enriches itself, 40% of your people live on less than $2/day, and most people's lives are steadily getting worse.
It's what we turn to when we need to make sure our shaky quarter lives are steadily on track.
From the end of the 19th century onwards, the idea of the state providing people with secure and dependable places to live had steadily gained ground.
From the 1970s on, the result of these policies was the progressive impoverishment of Zambia; unemployment rose, living standards steadily declined, and the provision of education and other social services decayed.
No, the greatest danger is the people who buy into the cult of fiscal austerity as the answer to all of life's problems, even as growth slows, major companies decline to hire, and living standards steadily erode for those not fortunate enough to be certifiably rich.
"The digitization of our daily lives has been steadily ramping up over the past decade," Mr. Golvin said.
But in "Requiem for an Assassin", his sixth outing, Rain is getting tired of taking lives and is steadily losing his psychic battle with the iceman, as he dubs his inner killer.
But the role this resource plays in our lives has been steadily increasing for decades.
