When economists talk about efficiency, they use the word in a precise sense quite different from what most people mean by it.
As we practiced, monitoring ourselves in the mirror, he corrected our form and talked about efficiency of movement and how to make a kiai sound — like "Aight!" — to maximize power.
"We have to talk about efficiency.
It sounds odd to talk about "efficiency" in the context of friendship, but belonging to a group is a very efficient way to build and strengthen relationships -- especially if you have a hard time making time for friendships.
It's interesting that Greg Barker, the Conservative British government's Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change, proudly talks about efficiency as the centerpiece of Britain's industrial strategy and promises a Britain where every building constructed after 2015 will have zero net carbon emissions!
We can talk about efficiencies, good people and good planning, but none of that matters without a base level of funding".
"They continued to produce at high levels, which improved their gross margins, and then talked about efficiencies and productivity when it was only an inventory buildup," he added.
Long term, we're talking about speed, efficiency, because what we're doing in the factories is really not that different than you would do on the site.
Speaking to the press after the meeting, Abbott denied Australia had been forced into climate discussions, saying "the very first draft [of the G20 communique] talked about climate change, all the way through we have been talking about energy efficiency and climate change".
And if we're talking about true efficiency, it seems to me that we're going to need to go a step beyond just the owner-renter model for the collaborative consumption market, and into an area that's based on fractional ownership of goods.
