economic collapse
collocation in Englishmeaningsofeconomicandcollapse
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economic
adjective
uk/ˌiː.kəˈnɒm.ɪk/us/ˌiː.kəˈnɑː.mɪk/
relating to trade, industry, ...
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collapse
noun
uk/kəˈlæps/us/kəˈlæps/
the sudden failure of a system, organization, ...
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(Definition ofeconomicandcollapsefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In human terms theeconomiccollapsewas devastating.
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Theeconomiccollapseexposed the frailty of a political system which had lacked legitimacy even during the preceding brief period of relative stability.
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A unilateral, centralised and personalised approach to decision-making was necessary to averteconomiccollapseand initiate structural adjustment.
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Victory in the civil war brought recognition of the country'seconomiccollapseand ended the dreaming.
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In addition to the loss of human life in fighting, the population was beset witheconomiccollapse, starvation, and disease.
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Readers should note that this survey was conducted just prior to a significanteconomiccollapseof the cranberry industry.
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The state showed regular disregard for coordinated business input and collaboration, despite conditions ofeconomiccollapsethat demanded coordinated solutions.
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However, the 1990s led to the breakdown of the incipient growth coalition,economiccollapse, and political instability.
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Policies that encourage longer cropping raise the likelihood of grass species invasion, and, for the ecologically myopic farmer, policies designed to improve their well-being can lead toeconomiccollapse.
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It is, that is, on the road, barring some vast disaster such as a nuclear war or worldwide and long enduringeconomiccollapse, to being a globalized world.
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What is extremely important, especially at a time of continuingeconomiccollapse, is to provide access to sources of finance.
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This will lead toeconomiccollapseand to a huge increase in costs and food prices because of the need to replace transport vehicles.
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They have nothing to gain, either as miners or as citizens, from pursuing a policy which would involve the country ineconomiccollapse.
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It was the duty of statesmen to see that thiseconomiccollapsewas bound to occur unless proper measures were taken in the meantime.
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He revealed a measure of complacency in the face ofeconomiccollapseand political chaos.
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Much of the enthusiasm for small businesses is, of course, a cynical diversion to draw attention from oureconomiccollapse.
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It means crisis—the crisis of war or the crisis ofeconomiccollapse.
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The fear ofeconomiccollapsehas fuelled the intimidation and the continuation of the underlying climate of violence and repression.
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It could be argued that pumping more money into the economy and reducing interest rates prevented a worldeconomiccollapse.
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