To compound this misdiagnosis, The Economist proffers medicine that would do more harm than good.
But Nickell disagrees, saying that dead-end tips do more harm than good by wasting police resources.
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Telling young investors to put all their money in equity often does more harm than good.
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Bringing food from abroad into areas struggling with hunger often does more harm than good.
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For example, disclosure and reporting techniques can be appropriate or they might do more harm than good.
Court watchers say ex-Enron boss Kenneth Lay did more harm than good in taking the stand.
The video does more harm than good by focusing the issue on one man.
The newspaper also criticised the IPL authorities which, it says, "did more harm than Ms Jayalalitha".
When a country faces an Islamist challenge, PC platitudes do far more harm than good.
Some worry, however, that changing the safeguards currently in place might do more harm than good.
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The first is that it will jack up inflation and so do more harm than good.
Companies are delighted, as are those who think America's lawsuit culture does more harm than good.
By enabling this diseased economy to overstay its welcome, QE does more harm than good.
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But more and more people believe that corruption does far more harm than good.
There was a risk of oestrogen treatment causing more harm than good, the association added.
Whatever the economics, that could mean this cut in interest rates has done more harm than good.
Keep in mind that making personal sacrifices for a start-up can potentially do more harm than good.
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But some members of the Fed warn this practice may soon begin doing more harm than good.
The debate is important, and calm analysis may conclude that off-shore drilling generates more harm than benefit.
More than questioning him, Ryan expressed his concern that Fed policy would cause more harm than good.
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Freek Vermeulen explained why banks that give big bonuses often do much more harm than good.
Perhaps they should focus on whether membership of the high-tax club does Britain more harm than good.
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Trying to use capital controls to slow the tide, the IMF said, would do more harm than good.
Environmental activists, he has long argued, are doing more harm than good by exaggerating the threat from chemicals.
They understand that the historic execution of LNT as a global policy has caused more harm than good.
Too many brands stray from this belief and it can actually wind up doing more harm than good.
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No, painting a mysterious picture of financial fairies and monetary monsters will likely do more harm than good.
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Once again, this country must learn that throwing money around indiscriminately almost always does more harm than good.
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It's quite possible that more harm than good will be done by stirring up the muck under the Hudson.
On balance, the award of the games has done more harm than good to the opening up of China.
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