growth — US /grəʊθ/ noun [C or U] ► ECONOMICS an increase in the ability of an economy or business to produce goods and services: »the growth of the Indian economy »We have had three successive years of economic growth. growth rate/rate of growth »The… … Financial and business terms
unsustainable — un‧su‧stain‧a‧ble [ˌʌnsəˈsteɪnəbl◂] adjective 1. impossible to continue doing for any length of time: • The company s growth strategy proved unsustainable in a slow sales environment. • The banks claim that the cost of running the system has… … Financial and business terms
unsustainable — un|sus|tain|a|ble [ ,ʌnsə steınəbl ] adjective 1. ) not capable of continuing at the same rate or level: unsustainable economic growth 2. ) unsustainable farming methods, industries, etc. damage the environment because they use up more energy,… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
unsustainable — UK [ˌʌnsəˈsteɪnəb(ə)l] / US adjective 1) not capable of continuing at the same rate or level unsustainable economic growth 2) unsustainable farming methods, industries etc damage the environment because they use up more energy, wood, coal etc… … English dictionary
Growth Fetish — Infobox Book name = Growth Fetish title orig = translator = image caption = author = Clive Hamilton illustrator = cover artist = country = Australia language = English series = subject = Economics, politics genre = publisher = Allen Unwin pub… … Wikipedia
unsustainable — un|sus|tain|a|ble [ˌʌnsəˈsteınəbəl] adj unable to continue at the same rate or in the same way ▪ unsustainable economic growth … Dictionary of contemporary English
Economic growth — GDP real growth rates, 1990–1998 and 1990–2006, in selected countries … Wikipedia
Supernormal Dividend Growth — A period of time in which the dividends issued on shares of a stock are inceasing at a higher than average rate. The high growth rate of payouts are seen as above normal, thus supernormal . Because this rate is also expected to be unsustainable,… … Investment dictionary
Perils of China's Explosive Growth — ▪ 2008 Introduction by Dorothy Grace Guerrero The China of 2007 was indeed a far cry from the country that in the 1950s Swedish Nobel Prize winning economist Gunnar Myrdal predicted would remain mired in poverty. In anticipation of the 2008… … Universalium
Dick Smith (entrepreneur) — This article is about the Australian entrepreneur. For other uses, see Dick Smith (disambiguation). Dick Smith AO Born Richard Harold Smith 18 March 1944 (1944 03 18) (age … Wikipedia
