stagnation
the state or condition of stagnating, or having stopped, as by ceasing to run or flow: Meteorologists forecast ozone and air stagnation.
a foulness or staleness, as one emanating from a standing pool of water.
a failure to develop, progress, or advance: periods of economic stagnation followed by bursts of growth.
the state or quality of being or feeling sluggish and dull: Happily, they have been able to avoid stagnation in their ten-year marriage.
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This concentration of innovation in a few dominant companies has led to inequality and, for many, wage stagnation.
Capitalism is in crisis. To save it, we need to rethink economic growth. | Katie McLean | October 14, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewThis period, between 1964 and 1982, is called the “era of stagnation” in the graph below.
Analyze This: Perfumes from everyday products collect in distant ice | Carolyn Wilke | September 30, 2020 | Science News For StudentsThere’s no wasted time and little of the stagnation that usually happens when one player surveys the floor.
Much of this discontent is related to economic issues — some of them specific, like wage stagnation and the spike in health-care and college costs.
Does Anyone Really Know What Socialism Is? (Ep. 408 Rebroadcast) | Stephen J. Dubner | September 17, 2020 | FreakonomicsThe pattern of no owls, poor sleep, second-guessing, and general stagnation continued on for more than a week.
The quest to snare—and save—the world’s largest owl | Jonathan Slaght | August 28, 2020 | Popular-Science
Republicans must seize this opportunity to pass legislation to improve the economic stagnation.
Voters Remind D.C. That the Economy Still Sucks | Stuart Stevens | November 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Taliban, power cuts, corruption, economic stagnation, Osama bin Laden, all of it.
Why So Many Pakistanis Hate Their Nobel Peace Prize Winner | Chris Allbritton | October 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOthers face career uncertainty and stagnation as promotion rates continue to drop for both enlisted and officers.
Downsizing the War: Layoffs and Yard Sales in Afghanistan | Nick Willard | August 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIndia expects Modi to deliver the country from economic stagnation.
Modi Crushes Gandhi in India’s Election Landslide | Tunku Varadarajan | May 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSo this is Obama, hope and change, stock market rallies for the top five percent, and wage stagnation for the rest.
This is a state of affairs tending to produce stagnation and vigorously to check advance.
Man And His Ancestor | Charles MorrisHe was a savage still, and at the close of the struggle he settled down into a second stage of stagnation.
Man And His Ancestor | Charles MorrisOnce reached, it tended to continue indefinitely, stagnation following the era of growth.
Man And His Ancestor | Charles MorrisWhile talking to this officer, a lieutenant, he contrived to interest him with an account of the stagnation of trade.
Catherine de' Medici | Honore de BalzacThis remarkable contrast between the progress of the north-east and the stagnation of the rest of the country is no new thing.
Is Ulster Right? | Anonymous
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